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Indiana's String Instrument Specialist
Musicians serving Musicians
since 1973 Violins, Violas, Cellos, Basses, Bows, Mandolins, Guitars and
more! 35 years in Broad Ripple, now at 6356 Guilford Ave.
between
The Three Sister's Cafe and The Good Earth Holiday Hours: July 1st to 3rd, 11 to 5pm, Closed
July 4th & 7th, Regular hours resume on Wed., July 8th
Bowed
Instruments
&
Bows
Violins,
violas, cellos, basses and bows from all areas of the
world. Various makers include Sofia, Eastman Strings,
Samuel Shen, Water Violet Bows, Coda Bows, Arcos Brazil,
Jon Paul,
Angel Violins, Lady Duncan, Christopher Pu, Los Angeles String
Instruments, Scott Cao, Tanglewood, Marco Raposo,
Snow, Horst John and many others.
All instruments are professionally adjusted and set-up
for optimum performance and playability.
Instrument Rentals
All sizes of string instrument rentals available
with the best rental program in the area. Violin
rentals for $16.49 per month! Viola for less than
$18.85 and cello for $23.57 (before tax).
Repair & Restoration
Instrument and bow restoration and repair by our degreed luthier, Benjamin
Parrott.
Click here to see one of his hand built instruments.
Music Lessons
Instruction available on all stringed instruments at
all levels and styles of interest. Violin, viola,
cello, bass, guitar and mandolin lessons are
available at our store for children and adults.
Teachers please contact us to be added to our teacher
listing and community bulletin board.
Guitars & Mandolins
Guitars and mandolins available from Blueridge,
Gitane, Eastman, Kentucky, Flinthill, Durango, Regal and
many more.
Music
& Books
Complete selection of string method books and instructional
materials from Hal Leonard, Warner Brothers, Suzuki,
Mel Bay, Schirmer, Belwin and many other publishers.
Accessories
Strings, cases, bows, rosin, chin rests, shoulder
rests, pegs, tailpieces, fine tuners, bow cases,
metronomes, electronic tuners, accessories, instrument
and music stands, books,
CD's, DVD's, and more.
Violin Art
Violin and music related art from Indiana artist Jeri Cannon.
Musicians
serving musicians
in Broad Ripple at
Store Hours:
Tuesday
11 to 5 pm
Wednesday
11 to 5 pm
Thursday
11 to 7 pm
Friday
11 to 5 pm
Saturday
11 to 5 pm
Sunday
Closed
Monday
By appointment!
The
best way for us to serve you is to help you determine your needs so
please contact us with all of your questions regarding our
products, pricing, inventory, rentals, repairs, music,
accessories, appraisals, suggestions and more!
Call now at: 317-251-5950
or E-Mail us at:
info@franksviolins.com or stop by our store
at: Frank's Violins
6356 Guilford Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46220
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Click here to see this must see video of "Stand By Me" from
Playing for Change! Watch it all...what a fantastic
concept!
Mandolin Lesson tops 10,000
views on YouTube!
The mandolin chord form lesson I
posted on YouTube has received over 10,000 views in just under 1
year!
Click here to see "MandoMarkinIndy"
on YouTube for all my video posts. - Mark
Where's
Mando??? Can you find Frank's owner "Mando" Mark in
the photo of all the mandolin players from David
Grisman's 2004 Mandolin Symposium?
Click on the photo
for more!
That's me in the blue shirt holding my
mandolin in the air with one hand. Click on the
photo for the entire photo and see if you can find me!
In the front row from left to right is Mike Marshall
(in the red shirt), David Grisman, Chris Thile, Radim
Zenkl, Mike Compton (in his bibs) and Don Stiernberg.
Mandolin Heaven!
Mandolin master Mike Marshall wowed
the audience as a guest artist with the New World
Youth Orchestra on Sunday, November 16th, 2008 at 3:00
PM at the Hilbert Circle Theater playing his new
Concerto for Mandolin. Click here for more information!
Check
out our recent store renovation!
The old brown paint is
gone and our store has a fresh new look! Look for
the violins in the windows, you can't miss us!
It's here...the new Coda "Diamond" GX! Kevlar acoustic
core and Graphite diamond weave put Coda on the leading
edge of bow technology. Come and audition the Coda
"Diamond" today!
Click here for
more information about this great new music venue in the
home town of the Hoosier Hotshots!
We
are very sad to announce the passing of Steve "Stefan"
Argyelan on July 4th, 2008. Steve was a
fantastic violinist and violin instructor here at
Frank's Violins for many years and we will miss him
dearly. Our thoughts and prayers are with him,
his friends and family.
Click here for more information.
Happy
60th to Mel Bay!
Click Here for
Mel Bay products including violin, fiddle, viola, cello,
string bass, mandolin and more!!
We
are very sad to announce the passing of Steve "Stefan"
Argyelan on July 4th, 2008. Steve was a
fantastic violinist and violin instructor here at
Frank's Violins for many years and we will miss him
dearly. Our thoughts and prayers are with him,
his friends and family.
