A case to make you swoon

Over the years I’ve had a chance to stock many of the world’s best cello cases.  These have taken various forms and been made out of different materials.  As I tell most of my cello case customers, when you spend more money on a cello case you usually end...

Winter is (here?) coming…

I simply cannot believe we’re here again.  It was 32 degrees this morning.  THIRTY.  TWO.  I set up the humidifiers in the studio room over the weekend, and the humidifier for the main showroom just kicked on for the first time.  IT’S TOO SOON!!!  I am not...

On the road again

I missed this week’s blog post by a day because I took a trip down to the southern part of our beautiful state.  While most of my time is spent in the shop so that I’m available to help musicians who visit us, there are times when it makes sense for me to...

Beautiful pernambuco tailpiece

When we think of pernambuco, it is almost always in the context of talking about bows.  The preferred material for bows for hundreds of years, there are conservation efforts underway to make sure it is still available for generations to come.  The same qualities that...