Boston Catlines

Boston Catlines We supply strings for all kinds of early plucked and bowed instruments.

Lutenist Olav Chris Henriksen has over 30 years experience consulting and testing strings for all types of early plucked and bowed string instruments. He is a consultant for the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, for whom he has strung and played many different lutes and early guitars. In his solo recording, "La Guitarre Royalle: French Baroque and Classical Guitar Music" (Museum Music), he played the M

useum's five-course guitar by Alexandre Voboam I (Paris 1680), for which he had provided the strings. He has provided strings for orchestras and chamber groups in the United States and Europe, and is frequently called upon to calculate custom strings for medieval vielles, lyra viols, and instruments in scordatura tunings.

06/15/2025

We'll be closed from Tuesday June 17 - Thursday July 2 (traveling). See you in July!

06/07/2025

We'll be at the Boston Early Music Festival this week: Wed. 6/11-Sat. 6/14, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm (Friday 6/13 open until 7 pm). Come see us in Booth 10!

10/02/2024

We're open! Get in touch with your questions, and we'll be happy to help.

09/27/2024

We're closed for a few days (concerts out of town). Reopening Wednesday Oct. 2. Email us, and we'll get back to you asap.

09/07/2024

We're back! Get in touch with your string questions.

08/29/2024

We'll be closed (traveling for concerts, not vacation!) from Sept. 1-8, open again on Sept. 9. You can email us, and we'll get back to you asap.

06/29/2024

We're back! Call or email us, and we'll be happy to help with your string needs.

06/03/2024

We'll be closed from June 11 to June 27. Get in touch by Monday June 10 and we'll do our best to fulfill your orders!

06/04/2023

Come visit us at the Boston Early Music Festival! Wed. June 7 - Sat. June 10, 10 am - 5 pm. We're in Booth 10.

07/07/2022

We're open! Call or write with your string requests.

06/20/2022

We are closed for vacation, reopening July 7. Have a great Lute Fest! See you in July.

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34 Newbury Street
Somerville, MA
02144

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