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Specialties
The Sound Post is a full-service violin shop renowned for providing string players with quality products and world-class services at excellent prices. We restore, repair, evaluate, buy and sell violins, violas, cellos, basses and their bows and specialize in restoring and selling antique instruments.
History
Established in 1983.
The Sound Post was founded in 1983 by the Grieve family of Oakville, Ontario. A Toronto retail presence was established in 1990. The current store, workshop, and warehouse, located in central Toronto near the University of Toronto music department and the Royal Conservatory of Music was opened in 1995. The company has grown from a small family enterprise to the largest specialized violin business in Canada with a staff of 20.
Meet the Business Owner
Alistair G.
Business Owner
Alistair Grieve has been providing expert appraisals at The Sound Post for over 20 years. His expertise is derived from these two decades in the violin business, studies of the international violin market and participation in the major sales of musical instruments in Europe and America.