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ORBISTHE INSTRUMENTS ISSUERombaux brings instruments and sheet music together with recorded music through a fourth-generation shop in Bruges. Its showrooms hold acoustic and digital pianos, while a strings section and in-house luthier support other instruments. Dublin's Waltons New School of Music combines a music school with a shop, linking instrument sales with lessons and traditional Irish music sessions.
This plate lists 53 shops in 20 countries. Granada has the most, with 5. Among these shops, 6 describe made-to-order work, 4 offer repairs and 5 sell online, going by their own descriptions.
Play it before buying: two instruments of the same model can sound different, so try the actual one you will take.
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Instrument Makers & Music Shops · 53 shops, the best first
Cuesta de Gomerez, Granada
Benito Ferrer opened this guitar workshop on the Cuesta de Gomerez in 1875, and four generations on it still builds guitars, bandurrias, lutes and castanets by hand. Eduardo Ferrer trained a generation of Granada luthiers and taught guitar-making to Yamaha's craftsmen in the 1960s.
Best for Historic hand-built Spanish guitars
South Street, Honolulu
Kamaka has handcrafted ukuleles from a South Street workshop since 1916, now run by the fourth generation of the family that started it in a home garage. The company still builds in small batches from Hawaiian koa rather than outsourcing production overseas.
Best for Heirloom Hawaiian-made ukuleles
Innsbruck, Austria
Grassmayr has cast church and carillon bells in Innsbruck since 1599. Bronze is still poured by hand for commissions that range from Alpine chapels to concert-hall carillons, and the process can be watched at the foundry's own museum.
Best for Hand-cast bronze bells and carillon commissions
Madrid / Spain
In a workshop on Calle Arrieta near the Royal Palace, the Conde family has built classical and flamenco guitars since 1915, now into a fourth generation. Visitors are welcome on weekdays to try instruments played by artists from Paco de Lucia to Al Di Meola.
Best for Guitars, luthier, flamenco guitars, classical guitars
Mittenwald
A fourth-generation Mittenwald workshop building violins, violas and cellos by hand since 1926, with a showroom of new and antique instruments and bows. Buyers visit the atelier on Muhlenweg to try and commission instruments.
Best for Hand-built violins, violas, and cellos from a fourth-generation Mittenwald workshop since 1926
Mallebergplaats / Online
Rombaux is a fourth-generation Bruges music shop where recorded music, sheet music and instruments sit under one roof. Beyond its CD and vinyl range, two showrooms hold acoustic and digital pianos, while a dedicated strings section, repair service and in-house luthier cover guitars, violins and related instruments.
Best for Records, instruments, sheet music and music equipment
69 South Great George's Street, Dublin
Music school and shop — instruments, lessons, and traditional Irish music sessions. The heart of Dublin's music education.
Best for Music school.
Asheville
James Condino builds mandolins, guitars, and double basses as a luthier in Asheville, North Carolina, in business since 1980. Instruments are available for sale directly through the shop.
Best for Custom mandolins guitars and double basses
Wellington Place, Belfast
Established in 1936, this family-run Belfast retailer sells guitars, pianos, drums and band instruments. Matchetts has kept the shop in family hands across its long trade.
Best for Musical instruments
Berlin / Online
MYKITA designs and makes eyewear in Berlin, where it was founded in 2003 in a former children's day care. Since 2014 the company has worked from MYKITA HAUS in Kreuzberg under founder Moritz Krueger, and all collections are handmade there. Its Berlin Mitte store at Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 6 offers eye exams with ZEISS instruments.
Best for Avant-garde German eyewear
MYKITA is an eyewear design house founded in Berlin in 2003. Its first premises were a former children's day care, called a Kita in German, which gave the company its name. With no one available to manufacture the original designs, the founders set up production in-house and developed their own tools and processes. That approach remains a principle of how the company works, combining specialised craftsmanship with adapted new technologies in what it calls the modern manufactory. In 2014 the team settled into a historic building in Berlin Kreuzberg known as MYKITA HAUS, headed by founder Moritz Krueger. All collections are handmade there, and the designs are patented and have won awards. The Berlin Mitte store sits at Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 6, one street from Alexanderplatz and between that square and Hackescher Markt. Stores offer eye examinations with ZEISS instruments, blue light lens coatings and free maintenance under the MYCARE programme. Further stores trade in Berlin West, Hamburg, Munich, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Taipei and Bangkok. A collaboration line with the magazine 032c appears across the current collection.
Bern, Switzerland
Heutschi Pianos is listed in Bern as a music; its official website and supplied OpenStreetMap place record provide the public-door evidence.
Best for Music
Bordeaux / France
TB Lutherie in Bordeaux builds, maintains and repairs musical instruments.
Best for Instrument making and repair
The Courtyard, Al Quoz
Vintage and high-end guitar dealer in Dubai's Al Quoz Courtyard, stocking rare guitars, amps and pedals alongside Custom Shop Fender and Gibson instruments; runs an in-house luthier workshop and guitar-building classes.
Best for Master-built guitars and boutique amplifiers
Art of Guitar operates out of The Courtyard, a converted warehouse arts complex on Street 6A in Al Quoz 1, Dubai's industrial gallery district. Founded to fill what The National described as a gap in the region's vintage and high-end guitar market, the shop combines retail with a working museum feel, mixing rare vintage instruments, amplifiers and effects pedals with modern Custom Shop and Masterbuilt models from Fender, Gibson and boutique brands like Rickenbacker. Staff describe over 150 years of combined experience sourcing and selling guitars. The store also functions as a small gallery, displaying guitar-related art, and runs guitar-building workshops led by in-house luthier Basil Azizoghly, alongside a published trade-in program for players looking to sell or swap instruments. Its Al Quoz setting places it among a cluster of galleries and independent studios in the district's warehouse spaces, distinct from Dubai's mall-based retail.
Granada, Andalusia
The Bellido family builds classical and flamenco guitars by hand in Granada, a workshop founded by Manuel Bellido and now run by makers Jesus, Manuel and Mauricio Bellido. Their instruments range from study models to professional concert guitars, with more than sixty years of building behind them.
Best for Over sixty years
Niguelas, Granada province
Luthier Johannes T'Kindt builds classical and flamenco guitars to commission from his workshop in Niguelas, in the Lecrin valley south of Granada. He also makes flamenco cajones and wooden capos and repairs stringed instruments.
Best for Bespoke classical and flamenco guitars
Calle Animas, Granada
Luthier Ayman Bitar builds flamenco and classical guitars at this workshop and shop on Calle Animas, alongside handmade wooden capos. The store also stocks accessories and instruments from Spanish makers such as Alhambra and Prudencio Saez.
Best for Handmade guitars and guitar accessories
Granada, Andalusia
Oscar Munoz hand-builds classical and flamenco guitars in Granada, including lattice-braced concert models and special editions. His workshop also runs guitar-construction courses and lends instruments to exhibitions with cultural institutions.
Best for Concert classical and flamenco guitars
Lagos
Showgear sells musical instruments and audio equipment from its Onike, Yaba headquarters in Lagos, with a second outlet in Abuja. Beyond retail sales, it also provides event production and equipment repairs for musicians and venues.
Best for Musical instruments and audio equipment
Lagos
A music store in Lagos selling musical instruments, with a professional recording studio and live sound rig.
Best for Musical instruments and studio equipment
Madrid / Spain
Guitar makers since 1870, Ramirez sells handmade classical and flamenco guitars alongside studio instruments, bandurrias, and lutes from its shop on Calle de la Paz near Sol. Instruments can be bought in the store, through the online shop, or commissioned to custom specifications.
Best for Guitars, luthier, classical guitars, flamenco guitars
Shops 4-5, Imperial Plaza, 30th Road, off Linking Road, Bandra West, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400050, India / Mumbai / India
The local specialist sells Western and Indian musical instruments and accessories. The range centers on maker-built instruments and specialist service, with production associated with India.
Best for Maker-built instruments and specialist service.
Jer Mahal Estate, Kalbadevi Road / J.S.S. Road, Dhobitalao, Mumbai 400002 / Mumbai / India
L.M. Furtado & Co. / B.X. Furtado & Sons founded 1865; Mid-Day (2025-07-12) still treats the Kalbadevi Jer Mahal floor as the 160-year house.
Best for Maker-built instruments and specialist service.
Sonnenstraße, Munich / Online
Munich's full-service music house — pianos to synthesizers, sheet music to saxophones — serving the city's players for generations from Sonnenstraße.
Best for Munich’s great music house
CBD / Tom Mboya Street, Nairobi
Melodica Music Stores Kenya describes itself as a music store and archive, and a publisher and distributor. It lists music instruments, CDs, vinyl records and cassettes among what it sells.
Best for Vinyl records and instruments
East Nashville / Online
Independent Nashville music shop buying, selling and repairing used and vintage instruments, with lessons and inclusive beginner support.
Best for Sit down and jam, peruse vintage finds
Parma
Scrollavezza & Zanrè builds, restores and deals in violins, violas and cellos from its atelier in Parma, continuing traditions established by luthier Renato Scrollavezza, born in 1927. The studio is now run by Elisa Scrollavezza and Andrea Zanrè, with a shop at Viale Paolo Toschi 8 in Parma.
Best for Handmade violins violas and cellos
Phoenix / United States
The MIM Store, run by the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, sells instruments, artisan-made goods, and music-themed gifts both inside the museum and through its online shop. Every purchase supports the museum's collections and educational programs.
Best for Museum-store, musical-instruments
Seville / Spain
Luthier Alberto Pantoja builds handmade flamenco and classical guitars at his Seville workshop, having trained under masters Manuel Reyes and Miguel Rodríguez before earning the city's Giraldillo craftsmanship award. The shop sells finished instruments and also offers guitar repair and personalized commissions.
Best for Handmade flamenco and classical guitars, repairs and commissions
Seville / Spain
Father-and-son luthiers Luis and Diego Cabeza Montiel have built flamenco and classical guitars from their workshop in Seville's San Julián neighborhood for more than 40 years. Each guitar is individually crafted from selected tonewoods and sold directly from the workshop.
Best for Handbuilt flamenco and classical guitars from father-and-son luthiers in Seville's San Julián
48 King George Street, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel / Tel Aviv / Israel
Founded 9 January 1987 by Miki Dotan (and Doron Gil); Israel’s category-authority record house, now three floors at King George 48 (Hebrew Wikipedia; MidnightEast).
Best for Maker-built instruments and specialist service.
Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
One of Shimokitazawa's many excellent vinyl stores. Specializing in jazz, soul, and rare grooves in a cozy, knowledgeable setting.
Best for Jazz, soul and rare-groove vinyl in Shimokitazawa
Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
Family-run guitar shop specializing in vintage American and Japanese electric guitars. Fender, Gibson, and rare domestic brands at fair prices.
Best for Family-run guitar shop specializing in vintage American and Japanese electric gu
Big Island
Aloha Woods is a locally owned business on the Big Island of Hawaii offering over 25 species of air-dried local woods including Ohia, Mango and Monkey pod, alongside exotic species like ebony, wenge and purpleheart. Products include lumber, natural-edge slabs, logs, instrument-grade plywood and hardwood flooring, shipped domestically and internationally.
Best for Hawaiian hardwood lumber and slabs
Church Street, Inverness, Scotland
Cabar Fèidh is a dedicated bagpipe supply shop in the Scottish Highlands, trading from Church Street in central Inverness. It stocks pipes, reeds and piping accessories from established makers including McCallum, Balance Tone and Bannatyne.
Best for Bagpipes, reeds and piping accessories
Cremona
Vladimiro Cubanzi's Casa del Violino in Cremona builds violins, violas, and cellos from fine woods (legni pregiati) using construction techniques rooted in the tradition Andrea Amati established in the 1500s. Each instrument requires more than 200 hours of work, a craft recognized by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage.
Best for Handmade violins violas and cellos
La Paz
Charangos Martinez is a La Paz, Bolivia workshop making the charango, a stringed instrument that originated in the Bolivian highlands, more precisely the north of the Potosi department, traditionally built with five pairs of double strings. The site presents sections for the luthier, workshop, charango types, gallery and videos.
Best for Handmade charango string instruments
La Paz
Pedro Quispe Torrez has built professional Bolivian charangos in La Paz since 1995, drawing on 31 years of woodworking experience. His workshop's current inventory lists 25 instruments, 18 charangos, 5 ronrocos and 2 walaychos, made with jacaranda wood, ebony fingerboards, spruce tops and mother-of-pearl inlays.
Best for Handmade charangos and ronrocos
Piazza Stradivari, Cremona
Founded in 1996, this consortium of around sixty Cremonese master luthiers runs a showroom on Piazza Stradivari where hand-built violins, violas and cellos are displayed and sold. Each instrument is made in the city's ateliers following the artisanal methods tied to Cremona's violin-making tradition.
Best for Handmade violins and stringed instruments
Cotonou
The music store in Cotonou stocks musical instruments and sound equipment for musicians and studios. Staff offer advice and repair services and carry major brands such as Yamaha and Fender.
Best for Musical instruments and sound equipment
Abuno, Lapu-Lapu City (Mactan)
Head luthier Fernando 'Andoy' Dagoc handcrafts classical and orchestra guitars, ukuleles, bouzoukis and mandolins in Abuno, Lapu-Lapu City on Mactan Island. The workshop grades its own tonewoods and takes custom builds along with inlay and repair work.
Best for Handcrafted classical guitars and ukuleles
Cremona
Benedicte Friedmann practices liuteria (violin-making) from Via Gaspare Aselli 8 in Cremona, focusing her craft on the instrument's sound quality. She describes each finished violin as needing time to develop after it leaves the workshop.
Best for Handmade violins focused on tone
Mittenwald
Master luthier Anton Maller has built solo and orchestral violins and violas by hand in Mittenwald for over forty years, using spruce aged three decades. Musicians are welcomed to his Obermarkt workshop to play and order instruments, priced from around 3,000 euros.
Best for Made-to-order violins and violas from aged spruce
Malaga / Spain / Online
In the heart of Malaga, luthier Jose Salinas builds flamenco and classical guitars entirely by hand, choosing naturally seasoned cypress, rosewood and German spruce for each instrument. Players can order a bespoke guitar, visit the workshop by appointment or buy through the online shop.
Best for Guitar luthier, flamenco guitar, classical guitar, handmade
Prado del Rey (Sierra de Cadiz)
The Valeriano Bernal workshop builds flamenco and classical guitars in Prado del Rey in the Sierra de Cadiz, an atelier whose instruments were played by artists including Paco de Lucia. Founded by luthier Valeriano Bernal, it continues to make and sell handmade guitars from its own shop.
Best for Handmade flamenco and classical guitars played by Paco de Lucia
Cremona
Lorenzo Radaelli builds violins, violas, and cellos entirely by hand (costruzione completamente manuale) using spruce (abete) and other select woods finished with his own varnishes. His workshop, I.L. Liutaio Laboratorio Artigianale, is located at Via Rina 34 in Santa Venerina.
Best for Handmade violins violas and cellos
Castelfidardo
Industria Musicale Castelfidardo manufactures piano, chromatic, and diatonic accordions under the Piermaria and Hohner names, with every phase carried out in its Castelfidardo workshop. The company is based at Via Enrico Mattei 11 in Castelfidardo.
Best for Piano and chromatic accordions
Kaneohe, Windward Oahu
Kanile'a builds ukuleles and guitars at a Windward Oahu workshop from well-seasoned native wood, ranging from student models to professional concert and tenor instruments. The company runs its own reforestation nonprofit and plants a koa tree for every instrument it builds.
Best for Koa ukuleles with a reforestation program
Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
For more than 30 years this Lafayette workshop has hand-built single-row diatonic accordions for Cajun and zydeco musicians, alongside repairing older instruments brought in from around the region. Visitors can book a shop tour to watch the reeds, bellows and wood casings assembled by hand.
Best for Handmade Cajun and zydeco accordions
Maui / Online
Founded by craftsman Mike Rock in 1993, Mele Ukulele handcrafts solid-wood ukuleles from Hawaiian koa, mango and mahogany, from starter models to custom instruments. They are sold at the family-run Wailuku store and through the online shop.
Best for Ukulele, luthier, woodwork
Camasca, Ayacucho
Museo del Charango Ayacuchano in Ayacucho commemorates luthier Luis Camasca Cordova "Cheqollo," whose charangos feature Andean flower petals carved into the headstock with mother-of-pearl inlays and 17 frets on a chromatic scale. Instruments use Oregon pine soundboards and Peruvian walnut backs and sides, and the tradition is continued by Alejandro Camasca.
Best for Charango lutherie and museum
Padasuka, Bandung
Saung Angklung Udjo is a Padasuka craft workshop and cultural centre built around the angklung, the UNESCO-recognized bamboo instrument. Visitors watch Sundanese performances and buy handmade bamboo instruments made on site.
Best for Handmade bamboo angklung and Sundanese crafts
Tahiti / Online
Upa Upa Tahiti sells handcrafted Tahitian ukulele, built from woods like sapelli and Hawaiian koa, shipped worldwide from French Polynesia through its Shopify storefront. Alongside instruments like the Soprano Moo and Concert Raivavae, the brand offers online ukulele courses and can be reached directly by phone or email for support.
Best for Ukulele maker
Essaouira, Morocco
Luthier Hassan Laarousi builds guembris in small, medium and large sizes, carving the bodies from poplar, cedar, mahogany or walnut and heading them with dromedary skin and goat-gut strings. Some instruments add a Fishman pickup for amplified Gnaoua playing, and each one is made in Essaouira and shipped worldwide.
Best for Handmade guembri (Gnaoua bass lute)
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