Van Arsdale Violins

I’ve been meaning to write this review for about 6 months now, after the apartment complex I lived in burned down and my violin had some related water (thankfully not fire) damage. I’ve always felt kind of uncomfortable in music stores specializing violins — I’m a mostly self taught folk musician whose instrument isn’t worth tens of thousands (ok, barely a thousand at all), and I’ve gotten some serious attitude/​snobbery from those places.
However, going to Peter was the best experience I could have hoped for. He was super nice, wonderful at explaining what he was doing, and I instantly knew my instrument was in great hands. It’s clear that he loves what he does, and he’s really damn good at it. I couldn’t recommend him more highly!