Expert craftsmen/women deliver excellent repair work on violins, violas, cellos and basses…read more Beautiful instruments offered on consignment, a myriad of string accessories available.

Caraway Strings is a great shop! Duncan Beaver previously worked at Jay Rury Violins prior to it…read moreclosing. He actually remembered the specific viola we purchased for my son there and was glad to assist him with purchasing new strings for it. We also took our son's violin in for some service at Caraway and are very happy with the work done. The staff is friendly and professional. This will be our son's go-to place for his stringed instruments from now on.

If you want to deal with an over inflated ego, name dropper, and almost seems to lie at times given…read morehe isn't 100 but has stories upon stories of accolades he supposedly haves this place is for you. My husband is in a band and had some work done. The big, tall guy in the shop cant seem to get to work several times a week and if he does he shows up and opens up late. He had our guitar for well over the time frame he should have, wouldn't return calls or texts and never showed up to open the place up for pickup for our instrument! He would tell us he is sick or had car trouble or sometimes never update us. Go somewhere else.

These guys are awesome. I once had my Martin DC-16GTE fall in its case onto concrete and had…read moremultiple crack plus two major separations on the side. Not only did they fix it up perfectly but it plays like new. They also have set up my ES335 and it is perfect! Definitly recommend these guys. They are super friendly and knowegeble.

Went in to look at guitars, not planning to buy right away. Tried a couple of models and got some…read morebasic advice. Might come back when I'm ready.

Fantastic customer service and great people! Helped me find exactly what I needed and even helped…read morefix my guitar tuner on the house! I'm definitely coming back here for all my guitar needs from now on

We had looked for a long time to to find an actual builder and master luthier of violins for my…read moredaughter. She is 8 years old and very talented. Violins So we looked around Dallas. We dug deep, and asked professionals in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Finally the answer close to our house in Plano, the Vitale Violin Shop in Plano, Texas was recommended to us. The Symphony shared an article written in 2012 from the Dallas News Paper here: http://www.dallasnews.com/lifestyles/headlines/20120302-frisco-man-s-dream-of-making-violins-comes-true.ece Our search was over. The Violin Shop is absolutely amazing!!! The staff is courteous and very helpful. A master luthier that actually builds custom handmade violins and orchestra instruments! I didn't even know that type of skill set still existed out side of Italy, let alone this century in Plano, Texas! There is a 2000 sq ft. facility packed with custom handmade violins. There are many rooms and levels of instruments of all kinds. In addition we found a new teacher who plays in the Symphony from there! Thanks for reading! Go check them out... Billy Johansen Plano, Texas

I called to see if this luthier could set the bridge on a cello that I had bought online. Without…read moreseeing it, he laughed and said, "We don't do this because these always have problems." How could he know this without having seen the violin? Because he also sells cellos, I'm sure he would rather I have bought the cello from him, but, to my mind, business is business. I found his response and pre-judgement highly unprofessional and disappointing.

If you care about your instrument, take it to Dan. You can go to Guitar Center and pay $150 for an…read moreinexperienced joker to leave it in worse condition than it was when you brought it in, or you can just take it to Dan and pay less than a grocery trip to have your instrument worked on by someone with extreme skill and talent. I have been to Dan countless times with multiple different guitars. Without exception, Dan delivers every time.

Called Dan up because my Martin guitar cracked. First time in my life I've ever had a guitar do…read morethat. Low humidity did it. Brought it in Dan was AMAZING. I truly appreciated his professionalism. And he taught me a couple of things to help. And made an amazing repair for a great price. If I ever need a luthier in the future this is where I will be going and recommending to friends.

I've been purchasing reeds and attending their oboe camps for about three years while our child…read moreattended Middle School Band. The folks at the store were always courteous and worked out issues related to doing last minute repairs and fulfilling reed orders. Their oboe camps are an entirely different animal. We recently had a major family event happen on the west coast that we had to fly out for. This event would keep us there for four days, and we would've missed the majority of our Oboe Camp reservation. So we emailed the director to cancel it. We were offered an alternative week to attend, but that was already reserved for another week-long camp we had reserved. At that point, we were told that we couldn't get refunded because of the policy agreement that was shown at the time of purchase. The main justification was to fund the instructors that were running the camps, and their associated costs. All fine and well, but these camps are always selling out every year. There's no shortage of demand for them. If one person is asking for a refund because of a major, family member passing-type of family event, the policy still stands? It stinks. If you're looking for a good shop to get hand-made reeds from, and a great staff to work with when it comes to oboe repair and finding the right products, than Bocal Majority is a good place to go. However, I would steer far away from the Camps. They clearly value profits and revenue over people in that regard, and your money and kids' attention is better spent elsewhere.

I just rushed over here from Garland. I met Jennifer and Tristan. Thank you so much! Jennifer your…read morelove and compassion to educate my son on his Reeds for tomorrow, meant so much to me. Thank you so much!

i made an appointment to have my piano tuned and Ed performed the service thoroughly and was very…read morepersonable and friendly. My piano sounds great and I will definitely be using him again in the future. I considered his price very reasonable.

If you're into vintage guitars, this is your place. If Dave doesn't have it, I'm pretty sure he can…read morefind it for you. Great staff. Definitely get a t-shirt and one of the cool tuners. Definitely worth a stop if close by.

Killer Vintage Guitars is the rare guitar shop where I felt welcome, where the owner and…read moresalespeople wanted me to have a good experience sampling the instruments, without any of that "show me the money first" attitude. The "Better Bucker" pickups they designed and have for sale there are absolutely incredible, and they proved it to me by letting me sample instruments way out of my price range with and without their pickups. My next custom order will be through Killer Vintage and it will be equipped with Better Buckers! Their inventory is not exhaustive, If you want to see all the latest mass market models go to Guitar Center, but what they do have is really well curated.