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Kai-Thomas makes bowed stringed instruments to modern, transitional and baroque specifications, including viols and double basses.
Specialising exclusively in making bowed stringed instruments all experience and expertise gained since 1986 are concentrated on the manufacture of these artifacts. For that reason Kai-Thomas neither has a shop nor employees and he does not deal in old instruments or undertake restorations.
This puts him among the few makers who immerse themselves completely in creating instruments.
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His reputation for cellos, of which upward of 100 are being played in concert halls the world over, is virtually unrivalled in the United Kingdom.
Active in the ‘British Violin Making Association’ (BVMA) since it’s founding in 1995 Kai-Thomas was its chairman from 2002-04 and organiser of it’s Dartington Coference for many years. He has remained active in the association and is now particularly involved in it’s small courses scheme
Instruments are covered by a lifetime warranty on all technical aspects, which can reasonably be described to be the maker’s responsibility. Wear and tear or accidental damage are excluded.
Each of his instruments carries a one-year sound- and set-up-warranty. This covers all adjustments relevant to sound and is free at the point of delivery …
