Store Hours: Monday-Wednesday 12:00pm- 6:00pm; Thursday-Saturday 10:00am-6:00pm
HOLIDAY HOURS: We will close early on December 24th, at 4:00pm
and will be closed 12/25 and 12/26.
No Classic Country/Honky Tonk jam on December 4th, due to illness.
NO JAMS Wednesday, December 25th or Wednesday, January 1st
HOLIDAY HOURS: We will close early on December 24th, at 4:00pm
and will be closed 12/25 and 12/26.
No Classic Country/Honky Tonk jam on December 4th, due to illness.
NO JAMS Wednesday, December 25th or Wednesday, January 1st
repairs

BOWED INSTRUMENT REPAIRS
Lee Raymond studied bowed repairs with Edmond "Bud" Godreau until his retirement in 2011. She has also studied at the Violin Craftsmanship Institute at UNH.
Peter Daaleman studied with bass luthier, Damon Walker, and continues to learn by attendance at the Violin Craftsmanship Institute at UNH and
FRETTED REPAIRS
Will Postlethwait has been working on fretted instruments informally for well over a decade, and had apprenticed with Lee. (She trained at the Summit School of Guitar Building and Repair in the 1990s). He has also attended workshops with Bob Smakula at the Augusta Heritage Center. See below for a menu of repairs we do in-house.
Lee Raymond studied bowed repairs with Edmond "Bud" Godreau until his retirement in 2011. She has also studied at the Violin Craftsmanship Institute at UNH.
Peter Daaleman studied with bass luthier, Damon Walker, and continues to learn by attendance at the Violin Craftsmanship Institute at UNH and
FRETTED REPAIRS
Will Postlethwait has been working on fretted instruments informally for well over a decade, and had apprenticed with Lee. (She trained at the Summit School of Guitar Building and Repair in the 1990s). He has also attended workshops with Bob Smakula at the Augusta Heritage Center. See below for a menu of repairs we do in-house.
Bowed Instrument Repair PricingPlease note, these prices are guidelines. Your actual estimate and eventual cost may vary from these prices depending on the state of your instrument.
NOTE: Cheaply-made instruments incur an additional fee because they are more difficult to work on. (TRANSLATION: it takes more effort to work on them because THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO BREAK EASILY). Violin Viola Cello
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STRING CHANGES"Ch-ch-ch-ch-CHANGES!!" (What, no David Bowie fans out there?!?)
Listen, it's not just a string change...it's a STRING EXPERIENCE. You won't be disappointed! (Cost of strings additional; not included.) Your instrument will come back to you clean and happy. VIOLINS, VIOLAS, CELLOS FREE w/purchase of strings. Otherwise, $10.00 a la carte. OTHER STRINGED INSTRUMENTS We handle basic repairs (set-ups, fret level/dressing, crack repairs, bridge reglues) for guitar, mandolin, ukulele, dulcimer... Most things with strings. Prices will vary, of course, but here is a basic list:
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meet our luthiers...
Will Postlethwait

Will Postlethwait is our fretted instrument guru. As a guitarist and bass player, he brings an understanding of the mechanics, as well as his intuition as a musician, to diagnose and fix almost anything with frets.