A collection of links Pete found useful over the years — local shops, specialist repairers, online tune resources, and more.
🏪 Local Music Shops
🔧 Specialist Shops & Repairers
Malcolm Smith
near Newark
Sells & repairs violins, violas, cellos, mandolins, banjos, melodeons and concertinas
📞 01636 686835 · ✉️ malcolm@lambskinnet.co.uk
Stamford Strings
StamfordSells & repairs violins, violas, cellos, mandolins, banjos, melodeons and concertinas
📞 01636 686835 · ✉️ malcolm@lambskinnet.co.uk
Sells & repairs violins, violas, cellos — Libby Summers
📞 07818 286538 Acorn Instruments
Supplies melodeons Simon Watkin Coates, near Peterborough
Sells & repairs violins, bows, violas, cellos & mandolins Jon Haire Peterborough
Repairs & sets up acoustic, electric & bass guitars
Paul Wass
Spalding
Repairs electric guitars, acoustic guitars & other instruments
📞 07906 281491 · ✉️ pwass61@gmail.com
Steve Tadd
PeterboroughRepairs electric guitars, acoustic guitars & other instruments
📞 07906 281491 · ✉️ pwass61@gmail.com
Repairs flutes, clarinets, saxophones, oboes, bassoons & piccolos — good woodwind info on website Bridge Instruments Sleaford
Sells electric & electroacoustic violins, violas & cellos Sonic Violins
Sells electro-acoustic violins & octave violins Hobgoblin Music Nottingham & Crawley
Folk instrument specialists Headway
Violin pickups Accusound
Instrument microphones
📖 Sheet Music & Online Tunes
Traditional Tune Archive
50,000 tunes (mainly Irish) with histories and sources Folk Tune Finder
Type in a tune name and it finds the dots The Session
Large collection of mainly Irish session tunes with ABC notation Draw the Dots
Converts ABC notation into sheet music at a click All About ABC
Guide to ABC notation — the standard text format for folk tunes Hardcore English (EFDSS)
Free English music sources — also available as a book with or without CD
50,000 tunes (mainly Irish) with histories and sources Folk Tune Finder
Type in a tune name and it finds the dots The Session
Large collection of mainly Irish session tunes with ABC notation Draw the Dots
Converts ABC notation into sheet music at a click All About ABC
Guide to ABC notation — the standard text format for folk tunes Hardcore English (EFDSS)
Free English music sources — also available as a book with or without CD
🌍 Folk Music & Community
EFDSS
English Folk Dance & Song Society — the national body for English folk Living Tradition
Folk and roots music magazine and resource
English Folk Dance & Song Society — the national body for English folk Living Tradition
Folk and roots music magazine and resource