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Repairs

We expertly repair:

  • Guitars & basses (both acoustic and electric)
  • Violins, violas & cellos
  • Bows (rehair, etc.)
  • All other fretted and bowed instruments (autoharp, banjo, dulcimer, hammered dulcimer, harp, lute, mandolin, psaltery, ukulele, zither, etc.)
  • Piano & harpsichord tuning (and repairs)
  • Accessories (amps, speaker cabinets, other instrument electronics, cases, etc.)


Typical types of work includes:

  • Setup
  • Restringing
  • Tuning
  • Fret leveling and replacement
  • Fitting of parts (bridge, nut, saddle, pegs, etc.)
  • Crack repair
  • Finishing and refinishing
  • Touchup
  • Major renovations
  • Bow rehairing
  • Tonal adjustments
  • Upgrades and installations
  • Pickup installation (for acoustic and electrics)
  • Electronic repairs and upgrades
  • Also tennis racquet restringing (it's a stringed instrument!)



Sales

We sell all stringed instruments and accessories. Some of the lines we carry are:

Alvarez, Baggs, Behringer, Clayton, Coda, Crate, D'Addario, Dimarzio, Elixir, EMG, Ernie Ball, Fishman, GHS, Graph Tech, Hohner, Hosa, Korg, LaBella, Levy, Martin, McSpadden, Mel Bay, Oscar Schmidt, Rapco, Remo, Shure, Sperzel, Ultimate, Yorkville, and more.



Rentals

All stringed instruments, including bowed and fretted (acoustic and electric, including amps), are available for rent, starting at $10 per month.

Rental Packet for School Programs

Click the link below for all rental information and forms needed for strings programs at local schools. (Please print double-sided if possible.)

*Note: The images below are jpegs of some of the individual pages. Please click on either MS-WORD or PDF link to download the forms in either format. If these forms do not come out as pictured below, then you can download this Word Reader or Adobe Acrobat to your computer to read and print these documents.

Rental Agreement Form




Rental Agreement

 

Rental Information Form



rental-information-current

 

Care of Bowed Instruments


Accessories Price List for Bowed Instruments

 

Sizing Charts

With left arm fully extended, measure (using a yard stick) from the neck to the middle of the palm.

Violin Size

Approximate Age

Arm Length

4/4
9 - Adult
23.5" & Up
3/4
9 - 11
22.25" to 23.5"
1/2
6 - 10
20.25" to 22.25"
1/4
4 - 7
18.5" to 20.25"
1/8
3 - 5
17" to 18.5"
1/10
3 - 5
15.5" to 17"
1/16
3 - 5
14" to 15.5"

Viola Size

Approximate Age

Arm Length

16.5"
12 - Adult
27" & Up
16"
12 - Adult
26.25" to 27"
15.5"
10 - 14
25.5" to 26.25"
15"
10 - 13
24.75" to 25.5"
14"
9 - 12
23.25" to 24.75"
13"
9 - 11
21.75" to 23.25"
12"
6 - 10
21.75" & shorter

 


 

We are located in Sciota, PA, in the Pocono Mountain area of eastern PA

Conveniently close to Brodheadsville, Stroudsburg, East Stroudsburg, Bartonsville, Tannersville, Mount Pocono, Wind Gap, Nazareth, Lehighton, Lehigh Valley (Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton), and New Jersey.

 


Music Teachers

We do not offer lessons at our shop. Please see the following list of Local Musical Instrument Teachers.




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