by John Rihani | Sep 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
For the large portion of the years I’ve been playing the cello, the Larsen (and then Larsen Soloist) A and D strings have been the professional standard for cellists. Many people continued to successfully use other strings, but cellists rarely bought whole sets...
by John Rihani | Aug 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
Because Encore handles higher quality, more advanced instruments often sought out by experienced players, we haven’t devoted as much space here to small-size, fractional instruments. This point was driven home to me recently because of the large number of...
by John Rihani | Aug 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
From time to time, a representative from the workshops of Arcos Brasil visits our shop and I get to spend a morning poring over bows. While they always have a beautiful selection, it is a special treat when there are several gold-mounted, special-edition bows to...
by John Rihani | Aug 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
As we settle in to our remodeled space, one thing we were missing were the acoustic treatments that would make our studio room a wonderful place to audition instruments. Today, the acoustic panels and tiles were installed! Now we need to hang a few pictures on the...
by John Rihani | Aug 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
We recently received additional Euro-wood L’Ancienne cellos from the Jay Haide workshop. These have consistently been top performers with excellent tonal qualities, powerful projection, and incredible playing ease. It’s a busy time of year for the shop and...
by John Rihani | Aug 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
For many of us, summer break is drawing to a close and our thoughts turn back to school supplies, early mornings, bus stops, friends, favorite teachers, and a backpack that weighs as much as a baby elephant. For those of us involved in music education, we have our...
by John Rihani | Jul 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
Whew…that took a while. There was an entire shipment of Yamaha electric violins hung up in customs because of revised government regulations. I’m certainly glad they got it all sorted out, because I had several people waiting on YEV violins. We have...
by Regina Eddington | 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 Regina Eddington | 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 | Jun 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
Well, we opened up the wardrobe, put on our fur coats, and set out into the magical land of Narnia – we are in our new showroom! You’ll have to excuse a few rough edges and a little bit of dust if you visit us over the coming few weeks, but it is coming...
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