Gerard KilBride Violins

08/06/2026

New - International Violin Bridge Competiton 2020 - 2025

Ready to ship world wide

A photographic journey celebrating wonderful encounters with great contemporary bridges.

Bridges from the archive and highlights of the International Violin Bridge Competition 2021 to 2025.

https://violinbridges.co.uk/product/violinbridges-book-iii/

archive.violinbridges.co.uk

05/06/2026

Friday's Scrapings

04/06/2026

28/05/2026

MAKE BRIDGES, NOT WAR
🎻 Celebrating the power of craft, community, and creativity. Let’s revisit some unforgettable highlights from the global bridge-making community:
✨ GOLD CELLO 2021 – GREGORY SAPP
Amazing design, and beautifuly cut.

🪵 Join us in honouring the violin family bridge.

🌍 Showcase your work. Connect worldwide. Be seen.

🏆 Win amazing prizes: strings, bridges & tool
vouchers from: Josef Teller, Chevalets Despiau, Aubert, Barsa, Corelli,
Warchal, Schilbach Tools & Jargar Strings.

📍 Submit your bridges or explore others:
🔗 violinbridges.co.uk and archive.violinbridges.co.uk

19/05/2026

todays dust, tomorrows tunes

08/05/2026

Contemporary handmade fine violins by Gerard Kilbride 🎻

Crafted individually in Wales using traditionally seasoned tonewoods and an uncompromising attention to tone, response, and playability.

Each instrument is made with the intention of becoming a lifelong musical partner for the player.

If you’d like to discuss your ideal sound or learn about available instruments, please feel free to send a private message.

🌿 Handmade in Wales
🎼 Individual setup
🎻 Unique tonal character

Unique, Welsh Handmade Instruments with Outstanding Sound, beautifully made, taking your playing to

08/05/2026

Contemporary handmade fine violins by Gerard Kilbride 🎻

Crafted individually in Wales using traditionally seasoned tonewoods and an uncompromising attention to tone, response, and playability.

Each instrument is made with the intention of becoming a lifelong musical partner for the player.

If you’d like to discuss your ideal sound or learn about available instruments, please feel free to send a private message.

🌿 Handmade in Wales
🎼 Individual setup
🎻 Unique tonal character

06/05/2026

We are delighted that Schilbach Tools will once again support and sponsor the 6th
International Violin Bridge Competition. Providing web vouchers as prizes.

Support like this is what keeps the competition growing helping us showcase exceptional craftsmanship, connect makers worldwide, and keep these specialist
skills visible and valued.

It’s a chance to have your work seen on an international stage, build your reputation, and be part of a community that takes real pride in the detail.

And if you’re a company, sponsoring the competition puts you directly in front of a highly focused global audience of violin makers, restorers, and musicians people who genuinely care about quality, tools, and tradition.

If you or your company would like to get involved, we’d love to hear from you.

Register here www.violinbridges.co.uk

05/05/2026

We are Delighted Jargar Strings will once again support and sponsor the 6th
International Violin Bridge Competition. Providing Strings as prizes.

Support like this is what keeps the competition growing
— helping us showcase exceptional craftsmanship,
connect makers worldwide, and keep these specialist
skills visible and valued.

It’s a chance to have your work seen on an
international stage, build your reputation, and be part
of a community that takes real pride in the detail.
And if you’re a company, sponsoring the competition
puts you directly in front of a highly focused global
audience of violin makers, restorers, and musicians —
people who genuinely care about quality, tools, and
tradition.

If you or your company would like to get involved, we’d
love to hear from you.

Register here www.violinbridges.co.uk