The Music Room Workshop are specialist makers and restorers of Early Keyboard Instruments with over thirty years experience. We offer for sale new Harpsichords, Spinets and Clavichords together with our selected stock of antique Square Pianos, in addition to our comprehensive restoration and maintenance services.
The Music Room Workshop is a family business run by Andrew Durand who has thirty years experience of making and repairing Early Keyboard Instruments. After leaving school in 1973 he joined Arnold Dolmetsch Ltd. where he served a four year apprenticeship in Musical Instrument and Cabinet making. When the company closed in 1981 Andrew set about establishing his own workshop, and after twenty-three years and several moves now occupies a unit at Prestwick Farm in Chiddingfold, Surrey. His son Robert has also joined the business, being the fifth generation Durand involved with woodwork/musical instruments.
We offer a selection of Harpsichords, Spinets and Clavichords after historical examples. These are available from stock and we also accept commissions to build instruments to specific requirements. All of our new instruments are entirely hand-built at our workshops to our high standards of quality.
We have a selected stock of Square Pianos that are offered for sale after restoration. Recent sales include Square Pianos by:- Adam Beyer 1777, William Stodart c.1820, John Broadwood 1823.
We offer a comprehensive restoration and maintenance service for antique, and more modern, Early Keyboard Instruments. Our clients range from professional musicians, collectors and the trade sector to owners of single instruments. Each client's requirements and ideals are different, so we are committed to working closely with every client to achieve individual satisfaction.