I’m Chris, a professional musician of some twenty years standing. I’ve performed everywhere from massive festivals like Glastonbury and Womad to tiny pub and club venues, and everywhere in between. My interests lie in traditional, folk, world and contemporary music, but I’m open to all sorts of musical explorations.

I’ve been repairing musical instruments for most of my musical life, originally out of necessity.  I honed my skills further working for a major UK folk instrument retailer.

I’m based in Bradford on Avon, a small, sleepy, and historic town in west Wiltshire, UK. It’s probably worth pointing that out, before you contact me from overseas.

I repair and service musical instruments of many types, with especial consideration paid to free reed instruments such as accordions, melodeons and concertinas. I also love working on fretted instruments; guitars, mandolins, banjos and so forth.

Reed tuning, revalving, bellows repair, bass mechanism adjustment, spring replacement, key alignment, pad refurbishment.

Setups, truss rod adjustment, nut and saddle tweaking and replacement, pickup fitting, crack sealing, neck breaks.

Short notice and emergencies a possibility!

Repairs cost £50/hr plus parts.