Being the sole instrument repairer in a 150km radius of the place I do quite a few repairs. Most of the repairs are for new bridges for violins and cellos (or should that be celli), reglueing seams that have come apart due to the humidity issues around this area. The usual refretting for guitars and basses , bridge repairs and refining the action on guitars.
Rehairing a bow is a standard repair for my shop, this morning I have rehaired a violin bow and a double bass bow. The double bass bow would use two and half times the hair of a violin. I do the bow rehairs generally while the glue is drying for the guitars.
I have been binding a double top guitar over the last couple of days. I have seen a video on youtube where the guy binds a guitar with rope in under 10 minutes. It takes me the better part of 2 days to do it and another full day to clean it up, scrape them flush and have the guitar ready for the next task which is preparing, shaping, slotting and glueing on the fingerboard. I am in no rush, years ago I built guitars very quickly but I now work at a steady speed and produce guitars which are far more precise and aesthetically better. It takes time to get a good sound out of a guitar and takes a really long time to finish a guitar and have it look like a concert instrument should.
I use tiger myrtle for the bindings on my guitars, I have used jarrah as well. I had a whole heap of jarrah fence palings that I sliced up for binding. Ebony as a binding material is also used and is what I am working on for this double top at the moment. This is going to be one nice looking guitar when it is finished and it should really sing.