Musicians invest more than money into their instruments. There is often a long search before finding the instrument that suits us, and through all our struggles together, a bond is formed through physical and emotional investment in a working relationship. As...
Protect Your Instrument – Theft Prevention
Violin Conservation Books
Considering that we are essentially craft workers, there is a surprisingly heavy and regular reading list for those wishing to maintain a well informed view, nor are all publications as cogent as the BVMA Newsletter. The problem is compounded for those who are...
Conservation Register
As well as the range of services you would expect from an established and respected specialist violin shop, Hibernian Violins offers the rare and highly specialised services of a professional Conservator. In fact, Padraig O Dubhlaoidh is currently the only fully...
Conservation & Restoration of Stringed Instruments
Nobody even vaguely connected with stringed instruments can fail to be aware of the crisis situation facing the future supply of Pernambuco. Caesalpinia echinata has been listed on the CITES register of endangered species and there is currently an embargo on...
Intuitive Violins
There is no single secret to making a good violin. There are thousands of secrets to making a good violin. The truth is that just like making any complex structure, success in violin making depends on the individual and cumulative effects of hundreds of tiny decisions...