by John Rihani | Jun 19, 2018 | General News
I visited the workshop of Eugene Holtier today to pick up a cello he made for the shop. We will also receive a violin of his in the next two weeks. What’s missing? A viola! (He doesn’t make basses…) We chose this beautiful material from his stock and we should...
by John Rihani | Jul 18, 2017 | General News
As the summer winds down and students prepare to go back to school, one thing parents are trying to get ahead of is the last minute rush of getting their student’s instrument ready for the new school year. It is very common for students to quickly outgrow their...
by John Rihani | Jul 11, 2017 | General News
As I was trying out one of our new “small room” violas today, I decided to test out different bows along with it. What I noticed is that I preferred a Carbon Fiber bow over a Pernambuco bow with this particular instrument which isn’t always the case with other...
by John Rihani | Feb 8, 2017 | General News
While Encore Orchestral Strings and Paige’s Music are known as Indiana owned and operated businesses, primarily serving our customers here in the state of Indiana, I am routinely contacted by people from other states asking about our products and services. Just...
by John Rihani | Sep 29, 2015 | General News, Uncategorized
I originally posted this picture on the Encore Facebook page, but I’ll use it again today as a great illustration of the question I posed last week – “new” new or “antiqued” new. The violin pictured is a beautiful instrument...
by John Rihani | Mar 25, 2015 | General News, Uncategorized
Next up in our “get to know us” series is the man, the myth, the legend…TOM MAY. Here’s his story in his own words: Tom May’s interest in music began just after his birth with his first breathing cry, electrifying the room with its crystal...
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