Welcome to Strijkinstrumentshop.nl

On May 22, 2022 we moved to our new store at Prins Mauritsplein 19, 2592NC in The Hague (near our former location)! At Strijkintrumentenshop.nl you have come to the right place for purchasing and renting (all sizes) new violins, violas, cellos and double basses.

You can contact us for the following string-related matters:

• Atelier for hand-built (viola) violins by Italian violin maker Ornella Ceci ( ornellaceci.com )

• Restoration, maintenance, and set-up for all types of string instruments 

• Sale of new and antique violins, violas, cellos and double basses 

• Restoration, hair removal and sale of all types of bows 

• Rental of violins, violas, cellos and double basses in all common sizes and qualities 

• Largest (and most affordable) string range for bowed instruments in Europe 

• All possible accessories for string instruments and general accessories 

• New sheet music for string instruments (continuation of Albersen Music collection) 

• Antiquarian sheet music for string instruments (continuation of Albersen collection - free selection!) 

• Gift and educational range related to string instruments

Opening hours Wednesday to Saturday 11am - 4.30pm (by appointment, except standard items) 

General telephone number: 070-2210831 (Tue to Sat between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.) / Mail: info@strijk Instrumentsshop.nl / Website: www.strijk Instrumentenshop.nl

Telephone number violin making Ornella Ceci: +31683291772 / Mail: [email protected]

There is also a collection of older restored violins/cellos from the Czech Republic, France and Germany available to try out. In addition to sales and rental of high-quality hand-built instruments, we have a very large range of string supplies, all at very affordable (online) prices; including our own brand Animando®. Read our article on "hand built" versus "factory violins" here . In addition to the rental and sale of instruments, our Italian violin maker Ornella Ceci, who is present full-time, also carries out maintenance and restoration/repairs in our workshop. Orenella also builds beautiful new violins and violas. You are very welcome in our store in The Hague to try instruments from our collection or to pick up orders.

We do our utmost to keep all products in stock and the relevant page also indicates whether a product is in stock. Unfortunately, it may happen that a customer places a large order for a certain type of string and that the stock is therefore insufficient. If you need a string or set urgently, please indicate this when ordering, so that we can inform you in a timely manner whether the string is actually in stock. The supply of strings by manufacturers has been problematic since the Corona crisis and wholesalers are keeping increasingly smaller stocks, which unfortunately increases delivery times.