R L Ray Violin Shop LLC is an excellent luthier providing fantastic repairs. The shop is known for its incredibly honest and knowledgeable staff and owner, who are super friendly, helpful, and provide the best customer service. They offer great quality instruments for purchase, including violins and bows, and have the best student rentals available. The shop is much more than a basic violin shop, with a crew dedicated to quality and integrity. They perform incredible repair work, from evaluating and preserving valuable older instruments to fixing issues like serious top cracks or separating fingerboards. Their luthiers have clear plans of action, performing detailed work such as removing tops, repairing and cleating cracks, and planing fingerboards. They are very informative, taking time to explain necessary fixes. The shop also provides thoughtful personal touches, like cleaning cases. For those seeking instruments, the staff takes considerable time, easily spending hours to address questions and demo multiple options until customers are more than happy. They also keep a list of good teachers on hand. It is definitely worth visiting this shop for anyone interested in string instruments.
Came with a lot of questions and got all answers and recommendations too! Perfect place to stop by and get what you need.
April 2026
Top notch customer service! I've rented Violins and Cellos for several years while my students are learning and growing.
March 2026
Wonderful shop ! They repaired my old violin and made it play much better than before. Very patient and knowledgeable. I even went back and purchased a new violin ! Great place to shop for a new instrument or to have maintenance done!!
