NEW TONE

NEW TONE

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Since 1969, New Tone has been shaping sound in Sri Lanka. Handcrafted guitars, violins, mandolins, and musical instruments made with heart and heritage.

15/05/2026

Hand carved mandolin headstock 🎻
Old-school craftsmanship, one cut at a time.
No CNC — just hands, patience, and tradition.

Photos from NEW TONE's post 13/05/2026

Before social media, before modern shops… there was passion, hard work, and a dream.
New Tone Musicals — 1979.

11/05/2026

Watch this mandolin slowly come to life 🎻✨

Cutting clean binding channels and fitting every curve by hand. This step takes patience because even a tiny gap can ruin the final look.

Traditional handmade process in our NEW TONE workshop 🇱🇰
Built with care, not factory shortcuts.

08/05/2026

My grandfather found this tool… decades later, we still use it in our workshop.

Photos from NEW TONE's post 12/06/2025

Heritage series custom made guitar

All solid mahogany
Scale lenth 24.5"
12 fret neck joint
17frets hard red maple fretboard
Hard red maple wood binding
Head plate and rosette gmelina wood
Hard red maple bridge with bone saddle

Made in 🇱🇰

23/05/2025

No band saw
No routers
100% hand made
Beginning of New Tone in 1960's
Founder of New Tone Mr Dharmasena Hathurusinghe
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Telephone

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67/A Galle Road, Wallawatha
Colombo
00600

Opening Hours

Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 17:00
Saturday 09:00 - 17:00