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Old Instruments & Bows

We buy and sell old instruments and bows
and carry out expert appraisals and insurance valuations.
We specialize in high quality repairs and tonal adjustments

New Instruments & Bows

We draw our inspiration from
the works of the 17th C and 18th C Italian School,
and for bow making, the 19th C French School.

About Us

Oxford Violins was established in 1983
by Michael Kearns, Mark Yakoushkin and Bruno Guastalla…

Current offerings:

violin by Joseph Gagliano

cellos by William Forster and Betts Workshop

we have just received for sale a very fine London cello c. 1820, by Joseph Hill (II) contact us for details

From the 13th June 2013 the Ashmolean Museum is hosting a remarkable exhibition of instruments by ANTONIO STRADIVARI. See their website for details.

Oxford Violins and John Milnes are contributing to some of the events by helping to set up a working violin-making workshop in one of the exhibition rooms, and providing demonstrations and a lecture.

details on times and dates are on the Ashmolean page.