Recorder Festival 2025

The Early Music Shop presents, in partnership with the Society of Recorder Players, Recorder Festival 2025. Join us from 30th May to 1st June!

Buying Guides

Choosing a new recorder? Five important questions to consider!
We've put together our top five questions to consider when buying a new recorder. Answering these questions will help narrow down the selection, helping you to pick the right one. We stock over 700 different recorders so this guide is a great place to start your search!
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Which Viola da Gamba for you? A beginner's guide
The biggest question when starting to play the viola da gamba is "Which size should I learn?" Our gamba teacher Jacqui Robertson-Wade takes us through the different things to consider to help decide which gamba is the best for you.
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About Lu-Mi Strings
The success of the Lu-Mi range of gambas and baroque strings is a result of many years of painstaking development and refinement by one of the world’s leading gamba plyers, Markku Luolajan-Mikkola.
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Thinking of buying a harp? A beginner's guide!
Buying a harp can be a daunting prospect. Whether you're buying for yourself, or somebody else, there are so many things to think about. Here we look at some questions to help get you started!
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Six Top Tips for Buying an Instrument
Choosing an instrument can be a difficult and confusing thing! There are so many different makes and models of instruments available today. With so much conflicting information, it can be an overwhelming process. So we've put together six top tips to help you begin your search!

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