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Almost all pre-ordered Gligas are now here (there are two exceptions, one is a large viola and the other is a recently ordered small violin) and I even have stock of some of the more popular items(!) I will be sending orders out next week.

There has been a significant fire at the factory where Gliga Genial instruments are made.  Initial reports from The Strad magazine said that it was the Hora factory in Reghin and that about 4000 violins have been destroyed.  However since both the company and the location were wrong, the number of instruments may well have been wrong too.  News directly from Gliga is that production of the Genial range is delayed by about a month (that means in addition to the existing delays).  If you want a Genial that I do not have in stock, expect a long wait!

Gliga have increased their prices to suppliers (but frankly, not as much as they could have done).  The price of Dominant strings is now 10% higher than last year and there have been similar increases in bows, cases, adjusters and rosin.  One year ago the pound was trading at €1.35 and today it is at €1.17.  Postage has gone up too.  And so on and so on.  So yes there is a price increase and no doubt every other retailer will be doing the same thing (most of the UK retailers seem to set their prices by mine anyway).  You...

Everything ordered before the end of November either has been dispatched or will be dispatched early next week. Remaining quantities of Gligas are very close to zero.  To be exact, I have remaining: 4/4 Gama 2 violin and Master Amati violin, also a cracked Gems 2 for gluing if it's for a DIY project. 3/4 Genial 1 violin 1/2 Gems 2 violin, Genial 1 violin and used Gems 2 violin.  There is also a Donald duck violin which has very strong similarities to the Gems 1. 15.5 Gama viola 14 Genial 1 viola and although more stock has been ordered...

The last Gliga order before Christmas has arrived.  Subject to checking, everything ordered by Nov 18th is here, plus three spare Gamas and four spare Gems 2s (4/4).  They will go on the inventory when checked but you can pre-order now.  The chances of anything else arriving from Gliga before Christmas are slim.