Steve is absolutely wonderful. He was incredibly knowledgeable about my old violin and made minor (but very helpful) adjustments while stringing it with the strings I bought there. He took note of my terrible violin case and gave me a much better one for free! that someone had given to him because they couldn't be bothered to fix the zipper. Coming to this shop felt like stepping into the past... more

Years ago, I started coming to this place as recommended by my teacher, and because I didn't know any other luthiers in Vancouver (12 years ago, when the internet was still growing as a source of information). Anyway, I stopped going here shortly after I bought a violin there. It wasn't because I didn't like the instrument, but because of the owner there; he just talks WAY too much while the... more