A Great Instrument and a Great Value

Consider these important factors when you decide to make your purchase

  • The top is hand carved from solid spruce to ensure rich beautiful tone.
  • The back and ribs are hand crafted from solid maple for durability and strength of tone.
  • The pegs, fingerboard and chinrest are genuine ebony, so they will work properly.
  • The bow is made of carbon composite that responds like a genuine Brazil wood bow.

              We make them the same way you play them ... 

                                                                                                                          ...by hand.

    Eastman Strings is dedicated to the Golden Age of string making artistry.       

In 17th and 18th century Italy, golden age violin makers recognized the exceptional quality of tonewoods from the Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Europe. Prized for their ringing tone and even grain structure, Carpathian spruce and maple are still regarded as among the best in the world for instrument making. Designed and crafted expressly for Marshall Music, the violin,
viola, cello and bass makers at Eastman Strings follow in the tradition of European workshops from more than a century ago. Declining power tools in favor of knives, chisels and gouges,
these talented woodcarvers create instruments that rival their forbears for sound and beauty.