The sun is out and the clouds are gone. Hooray! This is the summertime creed of Oregon kids who have to run between raindrops for most of...

I had a call from a young lady the other day. She was having trouble keeping her brand new violin in tune. I asked if we had sold it to...

Here in the greater Portland metro area we have some excellent resources for string players. I will also list some links to the best of...

I am finally getting around to keeping my promise about doing the second part of this article. I covered shoulder rests and chin rests in...

My wife used to be a dental assistant. Most of the dentists that she worked for tried to minimize the discomfort of their patients as...

I may have already mentioned this analogy in an earlier posting but I want to give you the full treatment here. I try to tell this story...

One of the advantages of writing a blog for your own business is that you can veer a bit off topical as long as you stay in the same...

Ah yes, that is the question. It is one that has been debated and discussed frequently by both parents and educators. We recently had an...

I hate black boxes – gleaming silver whatchamacallits that are covered with little invisible question marks. I like to know what is going...

Professor Steven Hawkin proved mathematically that when the Universe began so did time. That is pretty interesting when you think about...