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Rostanvo – a new name in cello strings

I love hearing about a new product in the cello world.  So much of what we use every day has been around for so long, and I find it wonderful that there are still new ideas and people willing to bring them to market.  Rostanvo was a name I’d never heard before...

A quick trip to IU Jacobs School of Music

Although I spend the bulk of my time in the shop, there are days I get to load up a couple of basses, grab a cup of coffee, cue up some Taylor Swift, and hit the road.  Today was such a day, delivering two basses to one of the professors at the IU Jacobs School of...

Beautiful basses by Andrew Hassel

For the next week these two beautiful basses by Chicago Bass Works luthier Andrew Hassel will be in the shop.  This is a fantastic opportunity to play on hand-crafted, US-made instruments with premium hardware, innovative bracing, and incredible sound.  We had bass #2...

We treat our customers like family

We talk a great deal here at Encore Orchestral Strings about treating our customers like family.  While this can mean different things depending on your perspective and experiences, to us it means having our customers’ best interests in mind.  We do our best to...