by John Rihani | Aug 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
I had the opportunity to show several professional level contemporary cellos to a group of cellists recently. The cello by Lawrence Wilke had Pegheds installed – pegs that look traditional but are actually geared tuners. If you aren’t familiar with these...
by John Rihani | Aug 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Many string players, at some point in their musical development, begin playing for pay…taking “gigs”. The nerves can be worse playing your first wedding than they are when you give a solo recital! The one thing you want to be sure of is that you...
by John Rihani | Aug 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
Coda bow is often synonymous with carbon-fiber or composite bows. Because Coda was one of the first, the brand is often used like “Kleenex” or “Band-Aid”…a generic word for all composite bows. I owned one of the early generation of Coda...
by John Rihani | Aug 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
For today’s post, I wanted to highlight a newly completed portion of our website – the testimonials page. We work extremely hard at Encore to offer the best customer service and value available. This work isn’t done for recognition…no, it is...
by John Rihani | Aug 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
I love cello choirs. I know…no surprise there. I grew up listening to the CDs by the Yale Cello Choir under Aldo Parisot. The lush textures and soaring tone of a mass of cellos is something almost everyone loves. The harmonically rich music of Bach seems...
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