Featured Bowed Strings

The Early Music Shop alto rebec is an excellent 3 string instrument based on several historic patterns. The body is carved from a single block of w...

Hora Soprano Bowed Psaltery with bow, bag and tuning key - made from solid maple with a sitka spruce soundboard and laminated maple/birch back.  Th...

EMS Fiddle Medieval - E.A.D.G - an inexpensive medieval fiddle made from solid wood through out and includes a semi-rigid padded bag.   Vibrating ...

The Master 6 string Bass Viol after Richard Meares (c.1660). This viol is an ideal bass viol to play all kinds of renaissance and baroque continu...

J. Wood Treble Viol after Henry Jaye (c.1629) including hard case and snakewood bow Our new range of J. Wood viols, exclusive to The Early Music Sh...

Liuteria Bizzi Baroque Violin after 'Il Cremonese' 1715. Registered as Vivaldi C1-2018 An exclusive new range of baroque strings from Liuteria Biz...

This medieval fiddle (vielle) is made by Italian luthier Roberto Montagna. It is based on a study of the fresco by Andrea Bonaiuti, made in 1365, o...

Baroque Violin after Stainer by Paris Andrew, after an original by Jacob Stainer (17th century). Made in 2022, the violin's back, ribs and neck are...