Updated for 2025, the latest edition of The Strad Directory is as indispensable as ever, remaining an essential and ever-popular resource for the string world. We are expanding the remit of the Directory every year to include even more related business. It provides you with everything you need to fulfil your stringed instrument needs; from makers and repairers to dealers, wholesalers and auction houses. It even gives details of making schools, insurance providers, teaching organisations, publishers and all kinds of other string-related businesses from across the globe including businesses across North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia.
The Strad Directory 2025
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Updated and expanded for 2025, the latest edition of The Strad Directory is as indispensable as ever, remaining an essential and ever-popular resource for the string world. It provides you with everything you need to fulfil your stringed instrument needs.
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