In The Shop | Elderly Instruments

Joe Konkoly gives a video tour of the repair workshop.

Lansing, Michigan’s Elderly Instruments is one of the country’s most renowned shops for purchasing stringed instruments, either in person, or online. Besides specializing in retail, Elderly also has a first-rate repair facility, and in this video, repair shop manager Joe Konkoly gives walk-through tour and shows a few instruments in process.

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