Anthony Nickolds lives in Wall Heath near Dudley which is on the West Midland / Staffordshire border in England.

Anthony has done and still does freelance quality repair work for some of the most respected violin dealers in Britain. He also supplies these dealers with instruments made by him that are set up and adjusted to the highest standards to give their best from the very beginning of their musical life, these instruments are gaining a world wide reputation with musicians coming from as far as Singapore to collect these hand made violins and violas.