New Shop Location:
Opening November 2007

Hershey Violins
11 West Main Street
Mechanicsburg, Pa 17055
717.697.6341

Shop Hours:

Tue. Wed. Fri.-11am to 5pm
Thursday - 11am to 7pm
Saturday - 10am to 3pm

Hershey Violins Professional Repair Services

In addition to making hand crafted instruments, Hershey Violins performs all major and minor repair services on the string instrument family.

From tonal adjustments to the more complex restoration projects, Hershey Violins approaches repairs with the same professional level of care as our instrument making. This assures your instrument repair will sound, play and look great, when you receive it back from our shop.

These specialized services include but, are not limited to:

General Repairs

sound post cutting and fitting
post and bridge adjustment for proper tone
bridges carved and fitted
pegs carved and fitted
carved nuts and saddles
fingerboards planed and cambered
neck resets for correct projection
open seams and blocks glued
varnish restoration
carving a new bass bar

Advanced Repairs and Restoration:

broken necks and resets
neck grafts
restore splits or cracks on the inside of instruments
back and top plates restored using rubber and plaster casting molds
hand varnish restoration
cleaning and compounding the instrument
rib restoration, including patches, linen, and doubling

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