• Baroque violins: $5,500
• Baroque violas: $6,500
• Baroque 'cellos $8,500

Viol prices run anywhere between $3,000 and $8,000 or more depending on size, model, and degree of ornamentation. An ornate instrument is typically between $500 and $1,500 more than the same model in a simple execution. The following prices are for instruments with a minimum of ornamentation:

• Five or six-string pardessus, solid head with ornamental turnings, simple inlay, $3,000
• Treble viol with pierced scroll and simple inlay, $3,500
• Alto and tenor viols with pierced scroll and simple inlay, $4,000
• Six-string bass and lyra viols with pierced scroll and simple ornamentation, $5,000
• Seven-string bass viols with carved head, plain pegbox, and simple inlay, $5,500

• Carved head $300
• Carved pegbox $300
• Belly ornament $100
• Inlayed back ornament (each design) $100
• Inlayed ribs (each) $100
• Purfled soundholes $50
• Edge stringing on fingerboard and tailpiece $100

I am happy to recommend sources for bows, gut strings, fret gut, etc., and can provide very reasonable pricing on custom cases and other accessories.

All prices are in U.S. dollars; Kentucky State residents subject to sales tax. Prices include UPS ground shipment and insurance within the US for customers who cannot pick up an instrument in person. There is a $50 boxing charge for customers who have not ordered or supplied a hard case for their instrument.

I generally ask for a small deposit to keep your place on my waiting list, one third when I begin the white instrument, with the balance payable at delivery.

I welcome shop visits by appointment.

Workshop street address:
305 Clover Lane
Louisville, Kentucky 40207
USA

Telephone:
Shop: (502) 409-6840
Cell: (502) 292-7133

Mailing address:
Thomas Mace Early Strings Workshop
318 Mockingbird Gardens Drive
Louisville, KY 40207
USA

email: thomas@earlystrings.com