The Traverse City Violin Company

05/21/2026

Check out this violin made right here in TC! 🎻

10/09/2025

Pictures of the kayuk violin. Look at those stripes! $1750.00

10/09/2025

This handmade, Michigan Kayuk violin has made its debut on our sales floor and our shop manager loves to practice on it. Pictures posted separately but this amazing instrument is ready to be played, and wants for the stage.

Warm, cocoa-y low end notes complimented by fierce, yet sensitive higher pitches combine to create a textured, stimulating array of tonal opportunities that would serve even the most discerning players

Priced at $1750.00, we expect this treasure to go quickly! Run don’t walk, or take the A train down and give it a try, and don’t wait to buy!

09/26/2025

See Everyone tomorrow!

08/26/2025

With strong bass, sweet tenor and an excellent capacity for double stops, this hundred year old troubadour needs a new owner. $825.00 stop by and fall in love with your next cherished instrument!

08/26/2025

This 1910s Czechoslovakian violin is ready for a new owner. With a strong low end and a sweet high end, a narrow fingerboard and a deep, orotund sound (and it’s own fancy upgraded tailpiece ) this instrument is ready to be played by an intermediate or experienced hand. $825.00 and it comes with a case! Please give this wonderful instrument a new purpose in life!

05/08/2025

We're back with another installment of asynchronous violin lessons! This week, we talk about one of the three commonly used methods for tuning a violin (or any stringed instrument for that matter): an electronic tuner.

This is part 1 of a 3 part series on tuning the violin. This video discusses the method of tuning using a clip-on tuner as well as some pros/cons for this te...

04/17/2025

For sale: cedar music 4/4 violin. Very light and airy, with a French, sprightly sound. Narrow fingerboard perfect for someone with long fingers. This violin has a quaint, charming sound that isn’t as assertive as the German-made violins on our wall. It’s responsive, easy under the fingers and shows the usual fine craftsmanship of cedar music instruments. The finish remains unblemished and it shows no signs of wear.
$1026.00

04/15/2025

Come try out this wonderful instrument in our shop. $650, run don’t walk. We don’t expect this one to hang on the wall for long! Any instrument with such a wonderful low end will be a cherished instrument for performing or recording, and though the video doesn’t do it Justice it has wonderful projection as well