The Secret Violin Shop

Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy (JTL) Geronimo Barnabetti French Mirecourt full size antique violin. Sebastian provides an expert student and performance review video of this violin Circa 1890 - 1920. £1,750

Célèbre Vosgien violin. French. 1890-1920 violin. Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy (JTL) in Mirecourt, France. Sebastian provides an expert performance review of this violin. Like all JTL violins it is crafted from excellent violin wood sourced from the Vosges Mountains. C19th. £1,400

A late C19th to early C20th Full size French Breton violin. Expertly reviewed by Sebastian of Nottingham.

£1000

Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy (JTL) No. 6 Violin. French Mirecourt full size antique violin, Circa 1890-1920. Sebastian provides an expert performance review video of this violin £1650

Painstakenly re-built with innovative methods, C18th unlabeled Saxony (German) violin. New bass bar, unique customized radical "Secret Violin Shop" corner blocked for volume and tone, touch fitted bass-bar. Fingerboard elevated from baroque height to maximum modern height. Sebastian provides an expert performance review of this violin £2000

Grade 8 (ABRSM) student and Nottingham Robin Hood Youth Orchestra 1st violinist, Cassian reviews a Full size 1950's Czech Violin £350

I am retired as a Home Office, London, criminologist and senior university academic. For many years I have been restoring and collecting antique violins. I am now an Associate Artist at City Arts, Nottingham where I continue to undertake all violin, viola and cello repairs completely free of charge for Nottingham Music Service, The Music Hub, Nottingham and the Robin Hood Youth Orchestra.

The Secret Violin Shop, founded in 2025, blends my interests in violin restoration and collecting with a lifelong ambition to start and enjoy working as an innovative artist and artisan in my own small arts and craft based business.

Mike Sutton, Associate Artist, City Arts Nottingham.