A love for beautiful instruments

OUR story

Thank you for visiting our website. We are so happy you found us!

We are Antonio Alemanno and Celine Werkhoven,
an Italian-Dutch couple with a background in music, dance and art.

Being musicians ourselves, the treasure hunt for instruments sprouted from a true passion for high quality instruments that don’t just look good, but sound and feel great as well.

On our search we found more instruments than we could play ourselves and so we decided to form the link between the instruments and customers like you.

Our collection is assembled out of older and antique instruments, that carry a beautiful history inside them, as well as new instruments that are made by a select group of highly skillful, recognized Italian violin makers.

Having held every piece in our hands, we know exactly what we are selling. It is our priority to provide you with all the information and documents available, so that you can feel trust in what you are buying. 

We are happy to answer all your questions and will try to help you with any special request. We are constantly on the look out, so if you are searching anything specific, please let us know. We might be able to help you find it. 

Get in touch with us!

We are more than happy to answer all your questions. Do you want to know more about how we work, would you like more pictures or information about an instrument on our site or would you like us to help you find something else? 

+39 350 049 4484

+31 (0) 6 122 078 89

info@bottegaviolins.com

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To private buyers we offer a 14 days trial period for instruments and a 7 day trial period for bows. All orders can be either personally collected or shipped to you. 
If you are not satisfied with your purchase, you must return it in perfect condition as it was given to you, upon which you will receive a full refund, minus the shipping, insurance and administration fees. If the returned instrument or bow isn’t in the original condition, the cost of the damage will be deducted.
When returning an instrument or bow, please contact us first to receive full shipping instructions. 
 
The return policy does not apply in the following cases:
– When the purchase is a business to business transactions, as stated in the Dutch Chamber of Commerce. This applies to dealers, shops or any other business costumer buying from us. 
– When the trial period expired or when the customer chose not to make use of the trial period and has finalized the purchase. 
– When the instrument or bow was personally brought to the buyer after purchase.
– When the buyer has listed the instrument or bow online for sale within the trial period.