About Us

Our Values

At the Violin Shop Tampa, we stand for the following values:

  • Honesty: We provide a truthful perspective and opinion on instruments, ensuring that every recommendation is made with transparency.

  • Integrity: With honesty comes consistency in the way we navigate business - we will always maintain our word to our customers.

  • Love for music: We will always share a love for music and the instruments that connect others to it. Above all, we share a genuine passion for music and the instruments that bring people together, fostering a community built on trust and appreciation for the art of sound.

Our Mission

Honesty, integrity and a love for music drives us in all that we do. By making our clients’ needs our needs, we strive to support and improve their current instrument or to help them to find an instrument that they love so that they can love their music.

About Us

We believe that in order to cultivate a lifelong relationship with music, it is important for a player to have a quality instrument that matches their current and advancing skill level. We are a team of professionals who are here to aid in finding and/or adjusting an instrument that will support one’s musical, stylistic, and technical growth. We believe that everyone should be able to experience their full potential as a musician and feel wholly supported and inspired by their instrument. 

Our instrument specialists at Violin Shop Tampa are string musicians who are actively performing, teaching, or both with over 250 years of combined experience. Our workshop luthiers are all skilled with specialized training, having over 90 years of combined luthier experience. Our entire team is here to serve our community and help string players find their ideal instrument, along with keeping that instrument maintained and sounding its best.

 

Meet the Team

  • Ethan Morency Owner Violin Shop Tampa

    Ethan Morency

    Shop Owner & Luthier

  • Mikel Thomas Professional Cellist

    Mikel Thomas

    Sales Manager & Cello Specialist

  • Francesco Mucci Expert Luthier

    Francesco Muci

    Workshop Manager & Luthier

  • Emily Monroe

    School Coordinator

  • Reed Stricsek

    School Coordinator

  • Rachel Phillips Director of Marketing and Sales

    Rachel Phillips

    Director of Marketing & Sales

  • Bonnie Walker

    Violin Specialist

  • Madeline Klee Violin Specialist

    Madeleine Klee

    Violin Specialist & Touch up Specialist

  • Susan Lindemann Cello Specialist

    Susan Lindemann

    Cello Specialist

  • Nathan Gross

    Viola Specialist & Luthier

  • Joseph Villagomez Viola Specialist

    Joseph Villagomez

    Viola Specialist

  • Tim Roy

    Touch up Specialist

  • Lemay James bow specialist

    Lemay James

    Bow Specialist

  • Brendan Rhea

    Workshop Technician

  • Jose Luis Osorio

    Workshop Technician

  • Jean Randall

    Accounts Administrator