UK Violins

UK Violins Quality antique violins, quartet instruments and their bows made by the finest makers from Italy, Fr

UK Violins established on the Web in 2013 having previously dealt violins and instruments to top dealers throughout the country for more than 40 years. Being family run, the passion and knowledge for violins has been passed down from Father to Son for three generations. We are always more than happy to appraise your instrument and we are always on the look out for rare and interesting violins. If

you purchase an instrument from us, we will always offer up to 100% of the purchasing price against the cost of a new instrument. If you would like to try one of our antique instruments please contact us first. Our email address is [email protected] and our telephone number is 07947492014.

Might as well use some free workshop time this morning to glue things up ready for Monday morning, can I squeeze one mor...
22/08/2026

Might as well use some free workshop time this morning to glue things up ready for Monday morning, can I squeeze one more clamp on here somewhere….?

I’m sure my instruments usually have 4 pegs? I might’ve got slightly distracted when installing these geared violin pegs...
10/08/2026

I’m sure my instruments usually have 4 pegs? I might’ve got slightly distracted when installing these geared violin pegs and added one or two too many….

Ou-dear, whoops! Luckily I don’t think my customer minded and left the shop in a good mood! 😝

Visiting us from far afield? Luckily the pub down the road has amazing food, breakfast, lunch and dinner and some even b...
09/07/2026

Visiting us from far afield? Luckily the pub down the road has amazing food, breakfast, lunch and dinner and some even better rooms for overnight stays!



08/07/2026

Choosing a new pearl slide from a selection I inherited from one of our brilliant restorers who very sadly passed away three years ago.

It’s for a very lovely Voirin violin bow we sold a while back to a hard working professional with a top local orchestra.

Unfortunately Voirin used very thin pearl here (the thinner the pearl the more vivid the colours) which puts the slides and pearl eyes at risk of rapid deterioration. Especially when used as a daily driver in busy environments such as radio recordings and tv appearances! So we have to make sure that an extra pretty pearl is used!

08/07/2026

Opening up fresh hanks of horse hair is always a special moment. We only use one quality of hair - the best!

After this step we meticulously sort through each hair individually to ensure only the strongest and best end up in our bow rehairs. It’s a time consuming process but absolutely worth it.

An interesting bridge for a client whose violin’s neck elevation was incredibly high (29.5 mm, when the ideal measuremen...
19/06/2026

An interesting bridge for a client whose violin’s neck elevation was incredibly high (29.5 mm, when the ideal measurement is 26.5 mm). Sadly their budget didn’t allow for a rather intrusive neck reset to correct this.

Luckily, rather than taking the violin to the chiropractors we can instead consult a cardiologist and position the bridge heart much higher than usual. This can achieve similar but more cost effective results.

Hopefully, now using low tension strings and by keeping the bridge feet slightly thicker with the mouth slightly more open, the end result is a bridge which achieves visual and also tonal harmony.

The violin sure thanked us for this procedure and now sounds and performs beautifully.

We could wax lyrical about this lovely protective finish we are trying out on this lovely French violin made in 1901. It...
17/06/2026

We could wax lyrical about this lovely protective finish we are trying out on this lovely French violin made in 1901. It’s having a deep clean and a polish before being set up ready for sale.

I’m sure it’s going to sound super.

Not one but two Thomas Kennedy cellos in the workshop this week, what a treat! The one on the right is played by a wonde...
13/04/2026

Not one but two Thomas Kennedy cellos in the workshop this week, what a treat!

The one on the right is played by a wonderful cellist visiting our shop. His cello is the older sibling and a completely different model to ours on the left which is a lovely early example made in 1805. Great fun to compare how Kenndy’s output varied over the years as such a prolific maker.

Ours has been gently restored and set up by our lovely friend and mentor, the late Andrew Fairfax and is available for sale.

Please contact us if you would like any further details or would like to arrange a viewing.

[email protected]

Not one but two Thomas Kennedy cellos in the workshop this week, what a treat! The one on the right is played by a wonde...
13/04/2026

Not one but two Thomas Kennedy cellos in the workshop this week, what a treat!

The one on the right is played by a wonderful cellist visiting our shop. His cello is the older sibling and a completely different model to ours on the left which is a lovely early example made in 1805. Great fun to compare how Kenndey’s output varied over the years as such a prolific maker.

Ours has been gently restored and set-up by our lovely friend and mentor, the late Andrew Fairfax and is available for sale.

Please contact us if you would like any further details or would like to arrange a viewing.

[email protected]

Today in Bowland I’ll be mostly fixing wonky neck alignments! Luckily it’s stopped snowing and the sun has come out.
26/03/2026

Today in Bowland I’ll be mostly fixing wonky neck alignments! Luckily it’s stopped snowing and the sun has come out.

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