Scroll Repairs

The scroll is an iconic and essential part of every violin family instrument—adding both aesthetic beauty and balance to the instrument. Unfortunately, scrolls are also vulnerable to breakage due to falls or stress at the pegbox. When this happens, repairing the scroll is often preferable to replacing the instrument.

Our scroll repair section covers a wide variety of restoration techniques, from regluing scroll ears to repairing full fractures. These examples from the Callier-Scollard Violin Shop show the detailed steps we take to restore scroll integrity and ensure your instrument plays beautifully again.

• Broken Scrolls Restoring Broken Scrolls – Repairing broken violin scrolls using various restoration techniques.
• Bass Scroll Repair Bass Scroll Restoration – Restoring broken bass scrolls using internal reinforcement techniques.
• Cello Fractured Scroll Fixing a Cello Scroll Fracture – Fixing fractured cello scrolls with clamping and reinforcement.
• Cello Scroll Repair Repairing a Cello Scroll – Step-by-step process for repairing cello scrolls and restoring integrity.
• Scroll Ears Fixing Scroll Ears Damage – Repairing and replacing broken violin scroll ears using molding techniques.