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After over 55 years of trading and serving musicians locally and from all around the world, for which we thank our many loyal and wonderful customers, a decision to close the Guildford shop has been made, and after enduring Covid 19 and and the unstoppable process of old age, we have decided now to close our doors, and offer most of the residual stock for sale, including instruments, cases, and other accessories.
Please note: Although the Guildford retail shop is closing, I shall be continuing to make new instruments, in a new studio, and also restore selected quality instruments as well as doing bow rehairs, so please do contact me via e mail only.
The link below will take you to Brian Cohen Violins, where you will find a list of all available Special sale items, some at heavily discounted prices. These sale items include cases, strings, accessories, tools, instruments, mainly antique quality violins, and also some smaller sized violins too.
This is the link to Brian Cohen Violins
What we will continue to do:
Viotech Bow Cushions. We are the makers and worldwide suppliers of these famous bow cushions to the trade and also retail. Link here to: Viotech. Mail order available, and soon to be a new site, with an online purchase facility added too.
Sell our existing stock of violins. We have some good quality French and English violins to sell, all restored, and in excellent playing condition. Enquire for details.
Also many smaller sized violins, now on offer a very special discounted prices.
Restoration and Set-up We continue to offer this service, but for finer quality instruments only.
Bow Rehairs, and Repairs. We continue to accept bow rehairs, and some repairs too, and also offer a mail order service for this, normal turnaround is 48 hours after receiving the bow. Enquire for details. We charge £96 for a rehair, no VAT, (plus postage costs if applicable). We do replacement screw and eye, new leather grips, new silver wire wrap, new faceplates, and other repairs as needed. Other repairs can be quoted for. We have also many tails of good Mongolian wild mare's natural bowhair to offer, various lengths and priced by weight.
We can also supply very tough polypropylene bow postal tubes, with velvet liners, screw on end caps, for £25.
Sale of wood, tools, accessories. We have on offer an extensive stock of mature finest quality woods for violin, viola, cello, and guitar. Some ex David Rubio, some ex Michael Heale, but mostly my own stock: Two-piece tops and backs, one piece backs, neck blocks, a fine quartet set of matched wood, Ebony logs, part logs, blackwood small logs, and much more. Personal selection welcomed.
Accessories. Including various boxwood chinrests by Bois d'Harmonie, and AA, Cello peg sets in boxwood by Bois d'Harmonie , Cello Endpins by Crowson, Tailpieces by Bois d'Harmonie, String sets, Cases, Polish, Peg paste, Wolf note eliminators, Rosin, bow cases for single, double, 6 or 12 bows by Jakob Winter, it's a long list but enquire please if you are looking for something. Prices all below SRP. To clear.
Tools: These include closing clamps, bending irons, bench vices, carving vices and holders, some useful machinery, a good water-based sharpening machine by Sharpenset (ex workshop David Rubio), Klemsia clamps, a good 1920's oak plans chest, a good old shirtmaker's display counter/ set of drawers with glass top, and many other items, enquire please.
This is the link to Brian Cohen Violins
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