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String Instrument Service and Repair
Instrument maintenance, repairs, and adjustments!

SM Hanson Music has offered String Instrument repairs for more than 40 years.

Basic Repair Prices
Prices do NOT include parts.
  Violin Viola Cello Bass
Bridge - refit or fix warp $25 $30 $35 $40
Bridge - replace (labor only - see below) $55-70 $55-70 $60-100 $80-110
  Bridge Pricing $12-50 $12-50 $24-120 $50-300
  Bridge types and prices vary according to the quality and condition of the instrument they are to be installed upon.
* No two bridges are the same. Bridges come to us as "blanks" and must be custom fitted to the instrument.
Clean & Polish $40 $40 $60 $80
Cracks By Estimate Only
Fingerboard Dressing $20+ $40+ $50+ $80+
Nut or Saddle - replace $30+ $20+ $40+ $60+
Pegs - refit (per set) $40 $40 $40 N/A
Pegs - replace (includes set of basic pegs) $52 $52 $74 N/A
Pegs - repair/fit bushings (per set) $80 $80 $140 N/A
Seams (open) - clean & reglue (minimum) $20+ $20+ $30+ $40+
Soundpost - reset $5-15 $5-15 $5-15 $5-15
Soundpost - replace $35 $35 $65 $75-100