by John Rihani | May 4, 2022 | Gear, Gig
Gig. I’ve used that word for as long as I’ve been a musician, and it’s never sounded as odd as when I just went to type it here. Originating in the late 18th century to describe both a carriage and a boat, our usage here dates from the 1920s…but we don’t know much...
by John Rihani | Apr 19, 2022 | Carbon Fiber, Cases
Carbon fiber. Once a highly esoteric, expensive, cutting edge piece of materials technology, it is now nearly ubiquitous in applications demanding a high strength-to-weight ratio. The aerospace industry pioneered the modern use of carbon fiber composites in turbine...
by John Rihani | Apr 13, 2022 | Rosin
The number one call we get from parents of beginning string students is, “the bow is broken, we pull it across the string and there is no sound.” Some of you have already guessed at the problem – no rosin. Rosin is an essential component of the vibration chain that...
by John Rihani | Mar 18, 2022 | General News
This week we take a break from describing the differences between various items in the shop and focus instead on musicians who inspire us. Here are a few of my cello heroes from when I was a young cellist: Yo-Yo Ma – my formative years studying the cello were in the...
by John Rihani | Mar 11, 2022 | Cases
We’ve been taking a slow tour around the shop, explaining the differences between the instruments first, the bows second, and now the cases. While I’m not going into the kind of detail that will explain the differences between every single model of case and bag for...
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