Instrument Repair Service
Forsyths offer a full repair service on all kinds of instruments, with specialist staff to cater for;
Guitars
We can carry out everything from restringing and setups through to restorations and repairs. We have a fully qualified luthier and workshop onsite so we can give quotations and carry out any work that's neccessary. We have separate specialists for acoustic and electric instruments.
Orchestral Strings
We have specialists in string repairs onsite all through the week and they can assist you with anything you need. From routine work such as bow rehairs, soundpost adjustment and bridge placement throught to complete restoration, cracks and re-finishing, we can quote for and carry out quickly and easily.
Woodwind and Brass
Again we have specialists in woodwind and brass on the staff who'll be able to diagnose your sticking keys and repair them in our workshop. They can also take care of various minor repairs inhouse and for anything more serious, we have highly qualified expert technicians on call.
All other work
If you have something that doesn't fit the above, do get in touch and we'll do our best to give you a quote. We recently restored a zither to full working order if that's anything to go by...
Call us on 0161 834 3281 ext 606 to discuss your repair.
We regret that we are unable to repair digital pianos and keyboards at this time.
October 19, 2011
New Trevor James RAW saxophone
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY 19th 12-5pm & 20th OCTOBER 10-2pm
Come and meet Trevor James’ head woodwind designer & technician David Farley to discover more about their range of instruments from student to professional and try out their new SR, Custom RAW models and Recital range of flutes.
Find out details of our buy-back, educational rental scheme and fantastic offers as specialist Trevor James dealers.
March 4, 2010
Kanile concert ukulele
We’ve just taken delivery of some rather fine new handcrafted solid wood ukuleles and wanted to share them with you. First off are the superb Kanile’a ukuleles which are handmade in Hawaii (the birthplace of the ukulele - but then you knew that) from koa (the traditional wood for ukuleles - but then you knew that too) and they are absolutely beautiful as you can see from the picture on the left. We have a soprano £549, a concert £579 and a tenor £649 in stock and they are, for the moment, one offs. So if you’re looking for a ukulele that’s more than a little bit special one of these might be for you.
As if that wasn’t enough! We have also taken delivery of an Asturias soprano ukulele. A handmade solid koa instrument from the workshops of the famed Japanese luthiers. It is a thing of great beauty and sings like a small, wooden angel. It retails for £995.
These gorgeous instruments and much more may be viewed here
January 20, 2010
Electric Violin Demo Day
Saturday 30th January
Forsyths Instrument Department
- Clinic with the Bridge violin team
- Performances by Green Hot Clover and fiddle virtuoso Richard Sanderson
- Expert advice on all aspects of electric violins, cellos pickups and amplifiers
Event runs from 11am - 5pm
Performances from 1pm - 4pm
Forsyth Instrument Department 2nd Floor
October 13, 2009
King Eric Cantona playing the second Trumpet he got from Forsyth
The film Looking For Eric has just been released on DVD and seeing the image on the left in today’s glowing newspaper review gave us fond memories of one of our favourite customers. In the film Cantona is asked what he did when times were hard to which he replies “I learnt the trumpet”. This might appear to be just a line in a film, but Eric Cantona actually appeared in our instrument department on the day of his court case regarding his infamous “kung-fu kick” in order to buy a trumpet. Our trumpet playing MD, Dr Robin Loat, gave King Eric his very first trumpet lesson!
Unfortunately, it appears by the standard of his playing in the film, he didn’t keep up the practice after we arranged for him to receive more formal lessons. If you’re finding times hard why not follow his example and learn to play the trumpet too!
August 25, 2009
Hello there!
We’ve been a long time in the making, but the new website is finally up and running. Details of our string department are already online, and we’ll be adding more detailed info on brass and woodwind selections over the coming weeks. In the meantime, if there’s anything you’re looking for that you can’t see on the website, just give us a bell on 0161 834 3281 ext 606.
0161 956 2052
