Tulsa Strings is renowned for expert repair & restoration.   We provide all the necessary services for string players including set-ups & adjustments for violin, viola, cello, and bass, bow rehairs & repairs.   We are the choice for teachers, students, and professional players both regionally and nationally.  All of our repair work is guaranteed.   We offer free adjustments and checkups as part of our warranty on instruments and bows we sell. Our instrument repairs are done with accuracy and care using traditional repair methods to achieve the optimum tonal response and structural health for your instrument.    

Luthiery is a fine art, combining traditions that span centuries and continents.   Many of our instruments share much of that history, and often bare scars of  wear, and un-trained repairmen.   Our goal is to provide strings players with high quality work on their instruments using these traditional repair techniques while preserving them for future generations.

 
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Jacob Mehlhouse- Certified Luthier - over 20 years experience

Degree in Violin Repair from Red Wing, MN Minnesota State Southeast Technical College with Lisbeth Nelson Butler at the Red Wing Violin Repair School.

After finishing my studies at Red Wing in 2000, I moved to Tulsa to be the shop foreman and trained repairman for the Tulsa Violin Shop.

My training continued with different shops and repairman including Amos Hargrave, Horacio Piniero, and most importantly the players.

Tulsa Strings was opened in 2008 in Midtown Tulsa. Repair and restoration are the most important part of my business. I am trained and experienced in all repairs and restorations for the violin family instruments and bows. Contact me, or visit if you have an instrument needing repair or simply want it checked over.

Bow Rehair(BY APPOINTMENT)-

Violin - $80

Viola - $80

Cello - $100

Bass - $120 (Salt & Pepper + $20)

Same day “express” rehair available by appointment only and incurs an extra fee ($40 for violin/viola, $60 for cello, $80 for bass).

Bow Repair

Leather Thumb Grip w/Thread - $60 (violin/viola) $70 (cello) $80 (Bass)

+$40 charge for reptile grip

Nickel Silver Wire Wrap with leather - $160 (violin/viola) $200 (cello) $240 (Bass)

Sterling Silver Wire Wrap with leather - $240 (violin/viola) $300 (cello) $360 (bass)

Recamber - $100 (violin/viola) $160 (cello) $200 (bass)

Replace Tip Plate -

Plastic - $100 (violin/viola) $120 (cello) $140 (bass)

Imitation Ivory - $180 (violin/viola) $200 (cello) $240 (bass)

Bone - $160 (violin/viola) $180 (cello) $200 (bass)

Mastodon/sterling - $200 (violin/viola) $240 (cello) $300 (bass)

Written Appraisal of value (Bow or instrument) - $40

Instrument Repairs

Replace Ebony Saddle - $80 (violin/viola) $120 (cello) $160 (bass)

Replace Ebony Nut - $60 (violin/viola) $100 (cello) $160 (bass)

+$40 charge for cello nuts with wings

lower nut - $20-60+ depending on instrument and severity

*replace bass bar - $800-1600+ depending on instrument

*Soundpost patch (top) - $1000-3000+ depending on instrument

#Neck Graft - $4500-8500+ depending on instrument

Reset violin neck - $1000-2000+ depending on instrument and severity

Spiral Bushings - $80/peg

Endpin installation - $80+ (cello) $120+ (bass)

*replace bottom block - $600-1600+ depending on instrument

Thin neck - $100 - $300+ depending on instrument and severity

* = Requires top removal

# = Requires neck reset

Bridges (starting price; higher qualities available)

Violin $100

Viola $120

cello - $200

bass - $300 ($500 with adjusters)

soundposts (newly-carved)

violin - $60

viola - $60

cello - $100

bass - $140