Sunlight, rain and temperature can do serious, permanent damage to instruments, much like antique furniture (wood cracks and splits, internal wood rot, varnish damage etc).

With this in mind, the group will only play outside between the months of June and September, in temperatures no less than 16°C and only if suitable cover is provided (either a canopy, marquee or gazebo etc).

A back up plan to play inside is essential.

This is the minimum temperature (16°C) specified by the Musicians' Union. If cover is insufficient and it rains, the group will be forced to relocate immediately even during the ceremony and/or halfway through a song.

In the vast majority of cases, acoustic groups sound better inside. This is because there is no natural acoustic to work with outside so the sound doesn’t project as well or sound as full. Due to this we recommend booking the quartet if at any point you wish the musicians to play outside (provided the conditions above are met).

Your booking time is calculated by booking length, not performance time. Your booking starts when the group start playing or agreed ceremony/reception start time - whichever is earlier. 

We pay our players by the half hour (for the full time they are at an event, excluding their 30 minute setup time). This is industry standard practice and produces the fairest working conditions.

This is worth considering if you are using 2 venues for a wedding ceremony and reception as travel between them is included in the booking.

With this in mind, in order to be fair to both clients and players, we don't accept bookings involving two venues that are more than 30 minutes apart.

For your ceremony we may arrange one piece of music for you that isn’t on our songlist, if it is a modern pop cover, we agree that it can effectively be arranged for strings and is complementary to our existing songlists.

There will be an arranging fee of £15 if we agree to do it. Requests must be made at least 6 weeks before your wedding date and are dependent on our workload.

String arrangements can work for the majority of genres of music - pop, film themes, musicals, folk, classical, jazz, rock, latin etc..

Some genres such as metal, rap and punk or songs that are heavily reliant on drum(s) and/or bass are much trickier (and in some cases impossible) to arrange well for strings but we will decide/confirm this with you on a case by case basis.

We specialise in performing pop covers but we can also play film themes, musicals, folk, jazz, classical etc. if it is already in our songlists.  Please see our extensive songlist for more details.

We are available through email to discuss any details with you. We prefer to do it this way so that we can maintain a clear record of what is discussed and agreed. This will include timings, song choices,  plan changes etc.

After receiving a quote simply let us know by email if you wish to go ahead and we will provide a link to our short online booking form.

When you complete the form, tick the two check boxes agreeing to our terms and our outside policy, and click submit.

You will then receive details of how to pay a non-returnable deposit of £200 by bank transfer to secure your booking.

This depends on the size of group, how long you would like us to play and how far we need to travel. Please complete the online form in the ‘contact’ section and click ‘send enquiry’ to have a customised quote sent to you. We require a date and venue to provide a quote.

A Duo is 2 players (1 violin and 1 cello). A Trio is 3 players (2 violins and 1 cello or 1 violin, 1 viola and 1 cello). A Quartet is 4 players (2 violins, 1 viola and 1 cello).

This means the Duo and Trio sound is slightly quieter and less full-sounding.

This is a good choice for smaller venues where there is less space, however it is less effective for larger venues (with more guests) and not recommended if playing outside is required (even with all conditions met).

We only provide music for pre-ceremony, ceremony and drinks receptions prior to your meal. Our repertoire is focussed on this.

Our experience has shown that dinners either don't require live music, or a soloist is more suitable (pianist, harpist, guitarist, singer etc).

We don’t accept a booking which runs over the meal time.

As part of our online booking form, our terms and conditions are available for you to read and agree to.

The check boxes accepting the terms and conditions (including our policy on playing outside) must be ticked to allow your booking form to be confirmed.

This constitutes our digital contract with you and allows us to maintain paperless transactions.

We will arrive at least 20 minutes before we start playing (normally 30 minutes). 

Normally it takes us less than 5 minutes but we allow 20-30 minutes for this.

Due to high demand (especially in peak summer season) we don’t normally take bookings further than a 1.5 hour drive (one-way) from Glasgow.

Normally we wear all black, or black bottoms/white top. However if you would like us to dress with more colour then do let us know!

Despite having worked with singers in the past, we no longer collaborate with other musicians.

Although in the past these were well received, we feel that we cannot guarantee the effectiveness as each case is different and there are just too many variables involved.     It's also not actually what we (or the other musician) specialise in providing at weddings.

In the vast majority of cases we recommend having a soloist or a singer using their own backing track (especially if they're only performing during your Signing for example) and/or have them perform during your dinner (which we don't play at).

We have a collection of popular hymns. We typically provide a short 4-bar introduction to each hymn. This is particularly useful if your guests will be singing, as it shows them clearly when to start.

You can decide whether to use the organist or us to accompany hymns.

It’s common for the group to play for the bridal entrance and signing of the register, and then have the organist playing for your hymns and exit.

This can create a good variety of music and atmosphere in your ceremony. 

Organists are normally hired for religious ceremonies only.

We work alongside pipers regularly. Typically, the piper pipes the guests from their transport to the door of the venue.

If the pipes can be heard from inside the ceremony venue, we will take over from the piper roughly 15-20 minutes prior to the bridal entrance.

If the piper cannot be heard inside then we will play simultaneously, so that your guests are not sitting in silence.

Normally we would play for your Entry and Signing and the piper would play for your Exit.