I wanted to do a shout out to the Voices for the Performing Arts Foundation in Sherwood, Oregon. The VPA foundation exists to promote the...

(I thought that you might be interested in information from an organization in PDX that is combining traditional orchestral instruments...

We have Cellos in stock as well as Violins, Violas and Upright Basses; currently available in all popular sizes for purchase or rent....

I ran across a very interesting article in the August 2015 issue of Strings Magazine by double bassist Barry Green. I thought I might...

Early Summer time can be a hectic time here at our shop. Not only do we have a lot of returns on rentals from the end of the school year...

This is a very interesting true story. A while back an average looking young man was playing violin in a train station in Washington DC....

(I’ve gathered these from around the net.) A violist and a friend were sitting in a coffee shop drinking coffee and watching the news on...

A while back I did a little blog piece on the life and work Antonio Stradivari (1644–1737). It is appropriate that I began with him...

“Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.” Swedish Proverb “A day of worry is more exhausting than a day of work.” John Lubbock...

Okay, Okay – I know that blog pieces on New Years Resolutions can be a little cliche but work with me here. It does not mater if you are...

I’ve been reading and interesting book of late. It is titled “Nurtured by Love” by Shin’ichi Suzuki and it is his autobiography, of...

I’ve scoured the Internet and also my personal brain for some ideas to help you encourage you kids to practice with out fights, tantrums,...

One question that I am frequently asked buy customers is what is the difference in between a violin costing $ to one costing $$ or even...

There is something in the human psyche that loves a story about someone with such uncommon belief and vision that they can accomplish...

Most people don’t know where the first youth symphony in the US was formed. It wasn’t in the cultured halls of Boston, New York, Chicago...

Yo-Yo Ma is one of the greatest cello artists in the world. He also seem like a pretty nice guy and someone who is not afraid to take a...

Cue in the big scary macabre organ music. In the 1960s I would watch a cheesy TV program in LA called Chiller that would show old Sci Fi...

In the first part I discussed the vitality of experiencing live music as a listener and as a musician. I called it, “the good stuff.” I...

I may have mentioned at one point that we have only had recorded music on a flat disk record since 1899 (Edison wax cylinders were...

Okay, confession time. It’s like a 12 step program. I stand up and say, “Hello, my name is Craig and I am a Bass addict.” Indeed, I am an...