About Us
Charles W. Liu Fine Violins has been serving the greater Salt Lake City area for more than fifteen years. Since our founding in 2002, our instruments have represented the highest quality of handcrafted instruments for all levels, from the beginning student levels to professional levels. All of our shop-made (including our student level) instruments are fully hand carved by highly qualified artisans. We also carry a large selection of Italian, French, and German instruments spanning from modern make to the 1700s. Mr. Liu and other in-house luthiers do all repairs and restorations. We also have highly trained musicians on the sales floor who are happy to help you select the perfect instrument to fit your needs. In addition to repairing and selling instruments, we have an excellent rental program, which we recently expanded to provide the best national rental program available to players and families across the country.
To accommodate our growing business, Charles W. Liu Fine Violins has expanded to Hollywood, California. Our second shop is located at 6605 W. Sunset Blvd. It is a full service shop focusing on the higher end instruments. You can see pictures of our new shop in the Photos section.
Many of the local schools and universities in the area, including Granite, Jordan, and Canyons Districts, the U of U, BYU, etc. come to us for instruments and instrument repair. We also offer a vast number of services for private professionals.
As part of our diverse portfolio, we also strive to help develop the local and international music community. We are proud sponsors of both the Stradivarius International Violin Competition and a branch of the New Horizons Orchestra. Charles W. Liu Fine Violins hosts the Stradivarius International Violin Competition approximately every three years at the University of Utah, giving players all around the world a chance to compete and perform in front of some of the world’s leading performers and pedagogues. In our first competition, in order to honor the greatest maker ever, Stradivarius, we provided the winner with a Stradivarius Violin on which to perform during the final ceremonies. The Utah Symphony joins with us at each event and provides performance opportunities for our winners.
The New Horizons Orchestra, which we also sponsor, gives adult players with little to no experience an opportunity to play and learn with an ensemble in a non-threatening, highly encouraging environment. Our adults learn quickly and enjoy their newfound pursuits. We are very proud to be able to help our community grow, and look forward to doing it for many more years!
Charles W. Liu began his career in China at the Beijing Technical School of Instrument Making at the age of sixteen. He earned his degree of Luthier from the Violin Making School of America in 1997 and worked two years restoring instruments at Peter Paul Prier & Sons Violins. For over twenty years, Charles Liu has put his focus on making and restoring, and is nationally recognized for his work.
Charles W. Liu and his staff are ready to help you find the instrument that is right for you. Please browse through our collection using the links above, and contact us with any questions you may have.
Click here to see some pictures of our shop!
To accommodate our growing business, Charles W. Liu Fine Violins has expanded to Hollywood, California. Our second shop is located at 6605 W. Sunset Blvd. It is a full service shop focusing on the higher end instruments. You can see pictures of our new shop in the Photos section.
Many of the local schools and universities in the area, including Granite, Jordan, and Canyons Districts, the U of U, BYU, etc. come to us for instruments and instrument repair. We also offer a vast number of services for private professionals.
As part of our diverse portfolio, we also strive to help develop the local and international music community. We are proud sponsors of both the Stradivarius International Violin Competition and a branch of the New Horizons Orchestra. Charles W. Liu Fine Violins hosts the Stradivarius International Violin Competition approximately every three years at the University of Utah, giving players all around the world a chance to compete and perform in front of some of the world’s leading performers and pedagogues. In our first competition, in order to honor the greatest maker ever, Stradivarius, we provided the winner with a Stradivarius Violin on which to perform during the final ceremonies. The Utah Symphony joins with us at each event and provides performance opportunities for our winners.
The New Horizons Orchestra, which we also sponsor, gives adult players with little to no experience an opportunity to play and learn with an ensemble in a non-threatening, highly encouraging environment. Our adults learn quickly and enjoy their newfound pursuits. We are very proud to be able to help our community grow, and look forward to doing it for many more years!
Charles W. Liu began his career in China at the Beijing Technical School of Instrument Making at the age of sixteen. He earned his degree of Luthier from the Violin Making School of America in 1997 and worked two years restoring instruments at Peter Paul Prier & Sons Violins. For over twenty years, Charles Liu has put his focus on making and restoring, and is nationally recognized for his work.
Charles W. Liu and his staff are ready to help you find the instrument that is right for you. Please browse through our collection using the links above, and contact us with any questions you may have.
Click here to see some pictures of our shop!