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Chinrests and tailpieces

We carry the widest range of hand-crafted chinrest designs available on the market.  A variety of styles and heights ensure your personal preferences and comfort are realized.

We strive to provide a personal service to our customers based on our expertise, experience and a desire to provide the most comfortable chinrest possible…one they will be happy to use for many years to come.

Viola Chinrests

Our viola chinrests are available in standard sizes or can be made to order to fit individual instruments.

To create a bespoke chinrest we will need you to send us a drawing showing the outline of the viola, the point where the chinrest sits with the centre line of the bottom button clearly marked.  We also need to know the overall depth of your viola to ensure correct barrel lengths are fitted.  There is no extra charge for this service.

Tailpieces

We are proud to supply hand-crafted French and English (Hill) style tailpieces of any length for both violins and violas.

Hand made from boxwood – stained or unstained, ebony, rosewood or African blackwood and fitted with frets of ebony, unstained boxwood or bone.  We never use ivory….ivory is for elephants!

  • Gilkes Guarnerius for Violin – Ebony – Your Choice of Fittings

    £215.00£315.00
  • 108mm English ‘Hill’ Style Tailpiece in Pernambuco – 108mm – Your Choice of Fret

    £165.00
  • John Dunne Low for Violin – Boxwood – Your choice of fittings

    £200.00£300.00
  • Aeroplane for Violin in Boxwood – Nickel Silver fittings

    £200.00
  • Stuber Custom in Boxwood – 50mm – for Violin – Titanium Fittings

    £300.00
  • Saint Cecilia Carved Tailpiece in Boxwood – 108.5mm Ebony Fret

    £500.00
  • French Style Tailpiece in Ebony – 110.5mm with Mother of Pearl Inlay – Ebony Fret

    £250.00
  • Smooth Kinked Guarnerius for Violin – Ebony – Nickel Silver Fittings

    £215.00
  • Mirage for Violin – Ebony – Your Choice of Fittings

    £215.00£315.00
  • High Teka Continental for Violin – Ebony – Your choice of fittings

    £215.00£330.00
  • Mushroom for Violin – Boxwood – Nickel Silver Fittings

    £200.00
  • English Style Tailpiece in Boxwood – 132mm Ebony Fret

    £175.00