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Taylor's Fine Violins

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Taylor's Fine Violins in Redlands, CA, your antique violin specialist, complete sales and repair services. Quality products at reasonable prices.

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I run a violin sales and repair shop in Redlands, in Southern California's Inland Empire, near San Bernardino, and Riverside, about 60 miles east of Los Angeles, off the 10 freeway. I specialize in the restoration of modern, baroque, and transitional violins. I mostly restore and sell instruments that are 100 years old or older. I do not sell brand new instruments of any kind, unlike most of my competitors, who concentrate on new Chinese violin sales in the student and intermediate level, a market where I sell IMHO better sounding antiques for a similar price.

My violin store caters to lovers of all types of music, and features instruments that appeal to a wide range of musical tastes, especially instruments that show signs of decades of use through natural, not artificial wear to the instrument and varnish.

In addition to careful competent violin repairs, I spend a lot of time with set up; Bridge, soundpost, pegs and fingerboard, to get the best sound possible from each and every instrument I work on. I price my instruments quite reasonably, you may be pleasantly surprised at my prices. While I have a select few higher end instruments, I specialize in affordable student and intermediate grade violins.

My repair prices are reasonable too; $60 to fit a bridge, $40 to fit a soundpost, $100 fit a new set of pegs, including the high quality parts. I charge as little as $250 to disassemble the violin, repair up to three cracks, and put it all back together again in tip top shape, but fittings are extra. I do have violin strings and parts, and can order anything I don't have in stock.

I pride myself in being up front and straight forward with my customers, and am looking forward to serving you to the best of my ability. HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY is my motto. I do not offer written appraisals but I do offer free informed verbal opinions and recommendations. And if you have an especially expensive instrument, I can refer you to the most highly qualified restorers in the Los Angeles area.

I have over 30 years experience in building and restoring musical instruments. I have spent my time roughly 50/50 between building clavichords(baroque keyboard instruments) and restoring violins. For the last ten years I have concentrated on violins, slowly building up my skills and inventory.

I have about 9 years of apprenticeships with viola maker C.Martin Kob, Yucaipa CA, bow maker T. Burdell Tenney, Redlands CA, and violin maker Ruth Evans, Riverside CA.

By appointment, Mon-Sat days and evenings, 909-793-8506

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HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY is our motto

Address: 76 San Gorgonio Dr, Redlands, CA 92373, USA
Phone: (909) 793-8506
State: California
City: Redlands
Zip Code: 92373


Opening Hours

Monday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Thursday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Sunday: Closed


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Reviews
I have had a very favourable experience purchasing a violin from Lyndon. I tried several instruments until I found the one I really liked and he was very patient He is honest and willing to share his knowledge of antique violins
8 years ago (11-09-2017)
5.0 star rating 9/11/2017 Lyndon Taylor of Redlands, CA, is a talented luthier, whose skill in setting up violins, maximizing their tone, and repairing them, can be recommended to all without reservation. I am an amateur violinist with a deep love for the violin. Lyndon Taylor shares my reverence for the violin as an instrument. Taylor has set up and repaired several violins for me and accomplished those tasks with distinction. Most importantly, I can vouch for the fact that he can maximize the tone quality of a violin, which is what every violinist, regardless of skill level, desires in his/her violin. I was very satisfied with the work he has done for me. I know that he also sells violins of high quality with superior tone, because I have personally played several of them. For all those violinists who have violins that need a setup or an upgrade in tone quality or repair or for those who are in the market for a violin, I suggest you give Lyndon Taylor a call and make a visit to his shop. Joe, Claremont, CA. Add to list Edit
8 years ago (11-09-2017)
Very knowledgeable and honest.
7 years ago (23-01-2018)
I am a return customer of Taylor's violins and have bought violin's as well as have had an old violin repaired. The quality that he sells is of the highest caliber and his set up and repair is second to no one. For me the best thing with dealing with Lyndon is his honesty because when someone is repairing something as intimate as your violin you have to be comfortable with the fact that it will be repaired right , and with Lyndon it will.
12 years ago (14-06-2013)
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