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"The String House is a wonderful Rochester musical resource and has been a great help to both our family and our pupils over the years."

Steven Doane
Professor of Cello
Eastman School of Music




Trade-in Program  

The String House offers a 100% trade-in policy for violins, violas, cellos, bows, and cases purchased from The String House provided the following conditions are met:

  1. The trade is of an instrument to an instrument or a bow to a bow.
  2. The trade must be for purchase of instument or bow of greater value.
  3. The instrument or bow must not have suffered any significant damage in which case The String House will assess damage costs and make proper adjustments.
  4. An instrument or bow may not be traded for store credit.
  5.  The trade in policy does not make the provisions for nor imply that The String House will “Buy back” an instrument or bow.
  6. All instruments and bows must be returned with certification papers if said instrument and bow was originally sold with certification papers.
  7. Bows may be traded at 100% when upgrading to a higher value bow.
  8. Cases may be upgraded at 100% trade-in value only when it is necessary to accommodate a larger instrument.