What's New on
Saraband Music's website

After a long absence in updating here, I'm back. PhD is done and dusted, moved house and doing renovations and plenty more happening.

 

I have a new supplier of transitional bows for violin, viola and cello and some mid-range baroque bows. The first violin bows are here, and others are on order. Photos at the bottom of the page link above.

The other publishers page has been updated to show only the Viol catalogue, as carrying music by other publishers for instruments other than gamba is being phased out. The other pdf catalogue have been deleted, though some music remains.

Aquila had a price rise this year, so that has now been factored in to Saraband's string pricing. Saraband carries all major early music lines available from Aquila, but for large instruments such as violone/double bass, strings are all ordered especially for the instrument as requirements can vary.

Shipments to the US from Saraband have halted, as I refuse to deal with Zonos and illegal and execrable tariffs. I hope to resume selling to my friends in the US as soon as sanity and moral government have been restored.

On a much nicer note, there are 3 instruments for sale at Saraband right now. A very nice Chinese tenor viol with case, a similarly good Chinese baroque violin with case, and a gorgeous 7 course Renaissance lute in an excellent padded bag.