"When restoring antique and fine instruments a special care is taken not to disturb or change any of the attributes of the instrument retaining balance in the sound, so it is reborn in its original splendor”.

Leon Petroff provides a full range of Repair and Restoration work, specialising in enhansing acoustics for instruments giving them the best sound response.

Other services include:

- same day bow rehairs
- cases
- strings
- violin, viola and cello accessories (eg, bridges and sound posts)

Throughout his career Leon has restored many great instruments, such as:

Antonio Stradivari 1730 "Tritton" (pictured on the right)

Nicola Amati 1650

Carlo Bergonzi 1730

Riccardo Antoniazzi 1900

Perry (viola) 1770

Antonius and Hieronymus Amati 1639

Stefano Scarampella 1904 (details below)

Restoration of violin made by Stefano Scarampella (1904)

The instrument was damaged beyond repair and practically ceased to exist. The restoration and assembly of 36 pieces took many hundreds of hours, and to the amazement of all concerned it is presently being played full time by its grateful owner.

Thank you for the wonderful repair. Antonio Stradivari 1730 'Tritton' and Kolja Blacher.

Prof. Kolja Blacher
Concert Master Emeritus of The German Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloist

I've owned my violin by Domenico Montagnana (circa 1715) for over twenty years and it's NEVER sounded this good! Leon did a magnificent job of restoring my precious instrument.

I recommend Leon Petroff highly and without reservation. His work is of a high order and he is a professional.

Kek-Tjiang Lim
Violinist and Conductor,
former Prof. of Violin Beijing Conservatory,
Taiwan National Institute of Arts,
Teacher at NSW Conversatorium of Music, VCA, Melbourne University,
Former conductor of China National Broadcasting Orchestra,
China National Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic and Taiwan National Symphony,
Mr. Lim appears in 'The way they play" Vol. 2 and is a student of Georges Enesco