Stringed Instriments

[Tony Aparichio]

On a recent trip through Chiang Mai we looked around the Arcade bus station for a stringed instriment shop that was there a year ago.

It was nowhere to be found. It had a reasonable selection of violins, violas, cellos, standup basses, and of course all the accessories to go along with them.

Bows, loose bow hair bridges tailpieces, the whole works for repair & replacement. If anyone knows where they went We would be grateful for the information.

Info on any other well equiped stringed instriment shop with repair facilities & or parts would also be useful.

Thanks in advance

Bad Tony

[JulieM]

I can't help you much but when I had similar problems I went to a guitar shop and asked those guys. They were able to help me.

[DogNo1]

If you email Pro Musica in Bangkok I think that they can steer you right. Google for their website.

[craigt3365]

Be careful with some of the cheap instruments made here. They don't stay in tune, are hard to play and some don't sound great. My friend bought a cheap banjo. Impossible to get it in tune and the action was so high you could fly a helicopter in there! When playing it, you could almost see the tuner knobs moving. They just didn't hold.

[Mousehound]

Chiang Mai University has an orchestra so you should be able to find out what you need if you can contact them - I would contact the Department for the Arts and see if you can find a tutor to speak to.