
Back-To-School Sale – Now Through September
Can you believe it? Back-to-school time is here already! To help start the year off right Encore is offering a $100 instant rebate on all

Can you believe it? Back-to-school time is here already! To help start the year off right Encore is offering a $100 instant rebate on all

Gig. I’ve used that word for as long as I’ve been a musician, and it’s never sounded as odd as when I just went to

Carbon fiber. Once a highly esoteric, expensive, cutting edge piece of materials technology, it is now nearly ubiquitous in applications demanding a high strength-to-weight ratio.

The number one call we get from parents of beginning string students is, “the bow is broken, we pull it across the string and there
Taking a break from going around the shop, I’d like to give you some cellists who I would consider my “cello heroes.” Steven Isserlis –
This week we take a break from describing the differences between various items in the shop and focus instead on musicians who inspire us. Here

We’ve been taking a slow tour around the shop, explaining the differences between the instruments first, the bows second, and now the cases. While I’m
This week’s discussion of the differences between bows will feel like a bit of a repeat of last weeks’ discussion of instruments. In the end,
“What makes this one cost more?” “What’s different between these two violins?” “I don’t see any difference between these two when I look at them?”

Now that I am settled in to my new position and John has reintroduced himself, I thought it would be a good time to introduce