Riedstra's Violin Shop Inc -- Dealer, Appraiser, Makers and Restorers
    We are a full service violin shop in Stratford, Ontario and in Kitchener - Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.  We offer violin family instruments, bows, cases, rentals, appraisal, certification, repair, full restoration, all accessories, strings, bow re-hairing, music (new and used), cd's and other instruments as well.  We stock many violin family instruments in all sizes and all price ranges so you can purchase a student violin outfit, or a rare professional violin, viola, cello or string bass from us.
     Trade-ins and consignments are always considered.
    In our
Woodwind and Brass Division, you can buy a fine new flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, saxophone, english horn, french horn, trumpet,  trombone, cornet, valve trombone, tuba, baritone, euphonium or other instrument as well.  Please click the link below to visit out band instruments website.
"Dancer" by Renoir -- I wonder who the clarinet player was!
    We serve many clients in Canada and the USA from locations such as Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph, Stratford, London, Toronto, Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford, Niagara Falls, Hanover, Barrie, Goderich, Wingham, Owen Sound, Windsor, Quebec, Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, British Columbia, Michigan and New York State, USA and international customers.  We speak English and French..
We have two locations:
    
1.  Riedstra's Violin Shop Inc.                              2.  Riedstra's Violin Shop Inc.
         239 Victoria St. N.                                                     38 Neal Avenue
         Kitchener, Ontario.                                                     Stratford, Ontario
         Canada.  N2H 5C9                                                      Canada. N5A 6W8
        
Phone:  1-519-743-3838                                            Phone: 1-519-273-4082 (local call for Kitchener)
        
Fax:    1-519-743-4676 (during business hours)            Fax: 1-519-743-4676 (from 10 am to 6 pm)                Hours: Store is open10 am to 6pm  (Mon - Sat.)          Hours: by appointment only at this location.
               

Directions to our store in Kitchener
:  We are located at 239 Victoria St. N., at the corner of Ellen Street W.  -- one block from the "Centre in The Square" (Arts Centre) between Lancaster and Margaret St.--  one block from Margaret Street actually. We are ten minutes from "Highway 401".   To get here, take the Kitchener exit #278 from Highway 401. If you're coming from the east, (i.e. Toronto), stay to the right side of the exit.  About 3 km further, exit to the right onto "Highway 85 Waterloo".  Get off two exits further on the right at Highway 7 - Victoria St.  At the end of this exit, turn left onto Bruce St.  At the next traffic light, turn left onto Victoria St. N.  Go through two more stop lights.  Then, one small block before the third light, at the corner of Ellen St and Victoria St N., you will see Riedstra's Violin Shop facing Victoria St. on your lefthand side.  The store is attached to a triplex.  Park in the corner parking lot or on Ellen steet.. There are good signs on the store, and an A-frame sign at the sidewalk that says, "Violins, Violas, Cellos, Basses" with our phone number too.

Violins:
We have student grade to top class master instruments.  Prices are in Canadian dollars unless shown in US dollars.  Please click the link below to go to our other pages where the instruments are listed in detail.
      We have several Italian, French, English, Canadian and German instruments in the
upper class from $5,000  to $500 000+, even up to a genuine Stradivari violin in excellent condition, if needed.
      In the
more economical class of  $250.00 to $5,000 range, we have many children's size (1/32, 1/16, 1/10, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 7/8, and 4/4) and semi-professional 4/4  instruments, bows and cases available from Italy, England, Germany, France, USA, Canada, Romania, China, Czech Republic, and Japan. Please look at our other page by selecting the link below for details about these instruments.  Please email us as well, because not all instruments are necessarily listed, although we try to keep the list up to date regularly. 

Viola
s:  We have from student instruments up to fine professional violas (from $350.00 to $30 000). Body length sizes range from 14" (35.5cm) to 16 5/8 inches (42.4cm). Please click the link below for information Cellos:    We have over 20 cellos available in 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 7/8, and 4/4 sizes.  Prices range from $850 up to $25 000 at the moment.  Please click the link below for more information. Email us--not all cellos are listed.
Basses: We have several string basses from $2000 to $15,000
Bow
s:  We have many student to professional violin, viola, cello and bass bows available in all sizes:  French, German, Brazilian, American, Chinese.  For student bows, prices range from $39.00 - $1000. Professional bows start at $1000 and up.
          We also hav
e Coda bows (excellent carbon graphite bows).  Our bows range from fiberglass and wooden bows at beginning levels $39-$650 and up to professional and collectors bows in the $750 - $25000 range at present. Please check our other page for more information at the link below.
Basses:
We have several basses in the $1350 to $15000 range. Please view our other webpage below details.
Fo
r Cases, all accessories, strings, books, music, violin making and varnish books, tools, appraisal, certification, rentals, consignments and trade-ins, please email us at the address below or click on the link below to our main webpage for more information.
Note:  Please check with us whether the items you are interested in are presently available in our stores.  Some instruments and bows are kept in other locations instead of our shop and may require an hour or two to get here.
TEACHERS:  We have a list of teacher's names on our other website.  Choose the link below please.
     Let us know if you'd like to be listed.
Links to our other pages:
Please email us here:
riedstra@orc.ca
OUR HOMEPAGE:
www.riedstrasviolinshop.com
(About us, Instruments, Bows, Services and Prices
Rentals, Appraisals, Consignments, Trade-ins, ...)
(Brass and Woodwinds: There is a link on our homepage)
Link to Music for concert band:
www.oocities.org/bandarranger