“She has been bugging me for a year to get a violin and lessons. I wanted to make sure that she was serious but she hasn’t let up.” I...

It is the first week in January. We are just far enough into the new year to either be grateful that the holidays are over or be a little...

Currently we have an inventory in excess of 100 instruments available for sale and most are also available for rent. If you check our...

I often hear the same questions or comments repeated by many of our customers so I thought that I would dedicate a blog entry to address...

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 grew up in the 1950’s and 1960’s. There were not 70 different Billboard music charts like there are today – Adult Alternative, Hot...

I usually try to find tidbits of information for this blog that you might find interesting but I thought that this time I would mention...

I recently received a text from a customer. We had shipped them one of our Scott Cao student violins. They paid for it in advance but...

Occasionally, I will find a video that I think will be of some real interest or usefulness to our customers and teachers. I found one...

I am getting word back from the vine that some of our local Portland area shops are already starting to run out of cellos. As of right...

All advancing string players need to know how to adjust their bridges. The youngest of players should probably put off learning this task...

As we enter into summer we are seeing quite a few new faces at our shop – younger and older – that want to take up violin, viola or cello...

I wanted to give a quick heads-up for our Teacher and Music School Resource Page which is accessed from our menu bar near the top of the...

On behalf of Allegro Violin and Music (as well as our local musicians) I would like to send a shout out to our good friends over at Five...

I have been writing our Allegro Violin music blog for several years. I typically spend several hours writing each blog piece and I try to...

We have a great and rich tradition in western classical music. From my vantage point it seems to be alive and well today on planet Earth...

I could have just as easily entitled this piece Violin Vexation. I thought that I would briefly revisit some important themes that I have...

I hope everyone has a lovely Christmas and New Years and ditto for those of you who celebrated other holidays such as Hanukkah and...

Here are my top ten reasons for children to learn to play a musical instrument. These include practical child development reasons such...