Welcome to the website of

JOHN ALVEY TURNER

- possibly the oldest British musical instrument business still trading!

For more than 200 years the name of John Alvey Turner has been renowned as a supplier of fine musical instruments. The picture above shows the shopfront of our premises in New Oxford Street, London around 1930.

Today we are specialists in all kinds of acoustic fretted instruments - banjos, mandolins, guitars, ukuleles and all the many variations thereof.

Whether your need is for a set of custom strings, a new, used or vintage instrument, restoration or repair work to the highest standard, or you are just interested in fretted instruments of any kind, we hope you will find something of interest in these pages.

WE BUY, SELL AND EXCHANGE all fretted instruments - guitars, banjos, mandolins, ukuleles, Hawaiians, resophonics - in fact, anything cool, interesting or unusual!

CALL OR EMAIL US  - SEE “CONTACT US” PAGE FOR DETAILS.

Proprietor : Philip Alexander

Consultant : Doug Parry

Website design by Lanfranc © 2007 John Alvey Turner

Latest Update: 2nd July 2008

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