About J. Mijares Violins Our main purpose and objective at J. Mijares Violins is to provide you, the string player, with the highest quality professional services available in the southern Colorado area.  We hope to create a cultural center for the string playing population and to become involved with local community music organizations.  If we can help you or your organization in any way please let us know. The following are some of the products and services which we now offer: New Instruments Made To Order Sales & Purchasing of Instruments Expert Repair and Restoration Bow Rehair and Repair Valuation of Instruments Discount Prices on Strings Mail Order Service We do not offer musical instruction at the present time.  However, we do maintain a list of qualified teachers in the area.  To be placed on the list, or find a teacher, please contact us. About Juan Mijares Juan Pablo Mijares began making fine instruments while still in high school.  He received guidance from several well-known and respected California makers. He next attended the Violin Making School of America in Salt Lake City, Utah, graduating with the degree of Luthier.  The four years of study included courses in construction, acoustics, repair and restoration, history and identification; all under the direction of Peter Paul Prier.  Mr. Prier is a graduate of the famous Mittenwald School of Violin Making in his homeland of West Germany, as well as the founder of the Violin Making School of America.  Mr. Prier's teaching methods and his program are highly respected and well renowned. Mr. Mijares then studied violin performance at Brigham Young University under Barbera Williams and Percy Kalt.  He also studied for one year with Leslie Blackburn a Julliard graduate currently playing in the Utah Symphony. Mr. Mijares has had ample opportunity to study, examine, and work on some of the finest examples of the violin maker's art, both ancient and modern.  He gained valuable experience through prior employment with some of the more important shops in the country, including the shops of Peter Paul Prier in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the Bearden Violin Shop in St. Louis, Missouri.  He was also employed by Brigham Young University to oversee their collection of fine stringed instruments. Mr. Mijares established Mijares Violins in Colorado Springs in 1987.  He welcomes inquiries for highest quality handmade violins, violas and celli, as well as student quality stringed instruments.