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Price Guides - Spring 2012
ROD HAS NOW RETIRED FROM REPAIR WORK BUT CAN STILL BE CONTACTED FOR ADVICE.
(see below table for student and professional repairs)
Price guide for "School Quality" repairs
operation | violin | viola | cello | bass |
Fit new bridge - from | £21.00 | £25.00 | £40.00 | £69.00 |
Fit new sound-post | £13.00 | £14.00 | £20.00 | £32.00 |
Fit new finger-board - from | £69.00 | £75.00 | £138.00 | £242.00 |
Fit new nut or saddle | £21.00 | £22.00 | £35.00 | £46.00 |
Fit new pegs (ebony) - from | £58.00 | £63.00 | £115.00 | |
Peg-hole bush (each) | £29.00 | £31.00 | £40.00 | |
New end-pin - from | £12.00 | £13.00 | £35+parts | £40+parts |
Remove front | £63.00 | £69.00 | £92.00 | £190.00 |
Sound-post patch | £81.00 | £86.00 | £109.00 | £207.00 |
New bass-bar - from | £92.00 | £98.00 | £155.00 | £230.00 |
Re-profile f/board - from | £21.00 | £23.00 | £35.00 | £46.00 |
Set-up (+parts) | £29.00 | £31.00 | £41.00 | £52.00 |
Fit Bass Bridge Adaptors | £58+parts |
School Quality Repairs - | re-finishing to a basic level. |
Student Quality Repairs - | 15% more than above with a higher standard of re-finishing. |
Professional Quality Restorations - | top quality parts and materials re-finishing to highest standards - each job requires individual assessment and estimate. |
Double Bass repairs and restorations by individual estimate. |
operation | violin | viola | cello | bass | |
Rehair: | Black | £40.00 | |||
White | £32.00 | £35.00 | £40.00 | £46.00 | |
Re-tip: | Plastic | £23.00 | £25.00 | £29.00 | £32.00 |
Bone | £29.00 | £31.00 | £35.00 | £40.00 | |
Screw & Eye - from | £12.00 | £13.00 | £14.00 | £18.00 | |
Bush Bow Handle | £46.00 | £48.00 | £52.00 | £58.00 | |
New Slide: | M.O.P. | £17.00 | £18.00 | £20.00 | £23.00 |
Abalone | £23.00 | £25.00 | £29.00 | £31.00 | |
Lapping: | Leather + Thumb Grip | £21.00 | £22.00 | £23.00 | £25.00 |
Wire | £23.00 | £24.00 | £25.00 | £29.00 | |
Silver | £35.00 | £40.00 | £46.00 | £52.00 | |
Imitation whale-bone | £25.00 | £26.00 | £29.00 | £40.00 | |
Thumb-grip | £9.00 | £10.00 | £12.00 | £14.00 | |
Re-align/Tension - from | £21.00 | £23.00 | £35.00 | £40.00 | |
Re-wedge Ferrule | £6.00 | £7.00 | £8.00 | £9.00 | |
Re-wedge Tip | £9.00 | £10.00 | £12.00 | £14.00 |
Price Guide for some Standard Fretted Instrument Repairs
Example prices for Fretted Instruments | |
Dress Frets and Adjust Nut and Saddle - from | £58.00 |
Re-fret unbound fingerboard - from | £138.00 |
Re-fret bound fingerboard - from | £173.00 |
New Bone Nut or Saddle | £29.00 |
Fit New Banjo Vellum | £29 + vellum |
Major restorations estimated on an hourly rate plus cost of materials. Estimates only can be given not quotes.
Fitting of pick-ups to acoustic instruments are individually estimated depending on the amount of remedial work required. Similarly for the fitting of new machine heads.
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