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Need it by Christmas? Order by December 13

 

Holiday Hours:

OPEN until December 13*

CLOSED December 14 to December 26**

(Orders can be still placed on the website between Dec 14 and 26 but will not ship until December 28)

OPEN December 28 onward

 

As the link on the top of each page mentions, we have holiday hours this season. Rhiannon is taking a very rare and much-needed holiday from December 14 to December 26.

*Christmas orders must be placed by December 13 in order to arrive on time (to USA and Canada).

**The online violin shop will remain open but orders will not ship until Canada Post resumes operations on December 28.

Should you place an order during the shop closure and wish to cancel the order we can refund your payment on December 28. We sincerely hope we will keep your order and will gladly have it out as soon as the holiday is finished.

Rhiannon will not be checking email during the closure.

We appreciate your patience and kind encouragement as we balance family and business at this very special time of year.

Thank you for choosing Fiddleheads.ca

 

Contact Fiddleheads Violins - Other Info and FAQs

Rhiannon Schmitt,
Owner & Instructor

(and generally chatty gal who loves to talk fiddles)

Read about us

 

Mailing Address:
PO Box 49
Canoe, BC, Canada
V0E 1K0

E-mail info@fiddleheads.ca

We usually respond within a couple hours of receiving emails with the exception of holidays and weekends. Kindly send a second email if you do not receive a response within 2 days; Unfortunately many emails are caught in spam and we really do want to hear from you.

Phone: 1-250-833-5626 Serious Inquiries Only

We typically take phone calls for serious inquiries Monday to Friday between the hours of 10am and 4pm Pacific Time (3 hours behind East Coast Time).

Due to scheduling in daily violin students serving shop customers and the phone cannot always be answered when you call. Please leave a message and Rhiannon will respond to you within a business day.

International please add "01" before number

Website/Homepage www.Fiddleheads.ca

 

Other Info and FAQs

Physical Location - Driving Time - Business Hours - Shop Policies

Pricing & Currencies - Price Matching - Payment Methods - Sales and Discounts - Instrument Trials - Shipping

 

Physical Location

Fiddleheads is located in Canoe, British Columbia near Salmon Arm and off the Trans Canada highway in the heart of the Shuswap.

Our efficient home-based shop services customers throughout the Shuswap, Okanagan, Thompson and Kootenay regions of BC as well as the lower mainland and island. Online we serve an expansive list of elated customers throughout the rest of Canada, the United States, South America, Philippines, Carribbean, the UK, Europe and Asia. Our customer list grows daily, as do our testimonials!

Please email or call to book you appointment in-shop and we will pass on detailed driving directions. You may, instead, choose to save the gas and have your items shipped to you for purchase or trial. Contact us for info.

Click on map for closeup.

 

Driving Time:

It's a lovely drive to visit us whichever route you are travelling. We're just off the Trans-Canada highway in the middle of some of the most stunning lake country in North America.

Kelowna or Kamloops: 1.5 hours

 

Sicamous, Enderby, Sorrento: 20 min

 

Armstrong and Malakwa: 30 min

Vernon and Chase: 45 min

 

Vancouver or Calgary, AB: 5 hours

 

Revelstoke: 1 hour

Seattle, WA: 7 hours

 

West Kootenays or Lower Mainland, BC: 4-5 hours

 

Salmon Arm: 5 minutes!

 

fiddleheads shop imageBusiness Hours

Online:

The site is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Phone & Email: Click here

In Person:

Our home-based shop is open in person by appointment only.

Appointments for in-shop visits can be made most days of the week, including weekends. We strive to accomodate customer requests. Contact via email to arrange a time that is convenient for you.

 

Shop Policies

Visit our Policies page for information on our excellent Eco "Green" Policy, Instrument Trials, unique Tone Guarantee, Consignment Sales, Trades & Upgrades and Returns.

All school and lessons information located in the school section of the site.

 

Pricing & Currencies

Price-matching Click Here

Currency

Fiddleheads serves and ships to customers around the world. You will see all our prices and policies are posted online in USD, many in CAD.

Fluctuations in the currency market makes it impossible for us to post multi-currency prices. To make it accurate and fair to our Canadian customers we set all prices in USD, some in CAD. Canadian customers who wish to pay in CAD are welcome to contact us to be invoiced in CAD and we will charge you at the current exchange.

Other International Customers: Get a quote or pay in USD.

Tax

Canadian residents pay GST/HST, GS/HST # 83619 2567 RT0001. Note our BUY NOW buttons have this tax added in already.

No tax for orders outside Canada.

 

Payment Methods

We accept Certified Bank Drafts, Money Orders, Wire Transfers, Western Union, Paypal and credit card payments via paypal. Most items have "Buy it Now" links but others require we invoice you via paypal. You do not have to be a member to use the paypal system to process your credit card.

Should there be an item on the site you would like to purchase but there is no option to buy online (using a BUY NOW button) we are happy to invoice you so you can pay with paypal or credit card. Just contact us to ask.

We may accept cheques or other forms of payment, but this is entirely at our discretion. Items are not shipped or released until funds have cleared. Cash is welcome for in-shop purchases.

Click here for help paying your invoice with credit card

 

Sales & Discounts

Fiddleheads places various items on sale depending on availability, overstock and manufacturer's promotions. Some sale items are posted on our Sales Page but you can also browse the site to see other sales items.

Select the refresh/reload button on your web browser to see any changes on our pages since your last visit.

Can't find the violin you saw during your last visit? Hmmm, sorry, but it has probably been sold. Don't despair. Please contact us and we will match you with a similar instrument.

 

Instrument Trials

Players seeking to try out an instrument or bow are kindly asked to visit our Trials page.

 

Shipping

We happily ship pre-paid orders to customers across Canada, the United States and outside of North America. We will happily arrange for faster delivery options should they be required. Contact us to inquire on shipping.

Some items ship for free. Please ask for a quote. Instrument and bow trials are also shipped out so you may shop in the comfort of your own home.

 

Would you like to share our business cards with a friend?

So, you liked our service and our products and you want to spread the word?

Excellent!

Thanks!

Many customers are so pleased with their experiences at Fiddleheads they ask for our business cards to pass on to their friends, teachers and colleagues. And we appreciate this very much as referrals are golden to our business philosophy.

Click on this link here to request some of our Business Cards to hand out to friends and colleagues. We'd be happy to send some to you in the mail which you can keep in your instrument case or post on bulletin boards at your school/conservatory.

Thank you in advance for your continued support and for supporting Fiddleheads' continued success!

 

"Rhiannon, Thank you for your cards. I put them in my sons music bag so we can give them out to anyone interested. Thanks again."

- Kristin, Bel Air, MD

"You will be happy to know that I gave out several of your cards and sang your praises. Cheers."

- Felicity, Lindsay, ON

"I'd be happy to refer people to you. No wonder you have such good reviews on your website."

- Annette, Salmon Arm, BC

"The music store I always go to for goodies often accepts cards from others who sell violin products and such so I'm going to give them a couple of yours so they have them for people who want to look into getting something for their violin that they don't sell. Thanks again for everything!"

- Mandy, Ontario

 

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