by John Rihani | Sep 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Rosin. If you play a violin-family instrument and use a bow with horsehair, you are familiar with the stuff. It comes in many price points, packaging, and formulations, but its core purpose is the same – create the friction between the bow hair and the string...
by John Rihani | Aug 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
One of the items that really flies off the shelves at the beginning of every school year are mutes. But which one? When customers ask for a mute, I always ask if it is for playing in orchestra or for practicing at home. In the photo below, the mute on the left is a...
by John Rihani | Aug 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
All you need to do is turn on the news or fire up your preferred social media outlet and you can find an avalanche of articles, studies, and advice regarding staying safe from COVID-19. As string musicians, this virus impacts every aspect of our lives. Concerts are...
by John Rihani | Jul 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
What a year. Against the backdrop of COVID-19, the 2020-2021 school year begins. I can’t think of another moment in my lifetime when so many people have been faced with such difficult decisions regarding going back to school. One thing I do know is that all...
by Regina Eddington | Jul 14, 2020 | Teachers
Are you a private string teacher in Indiana? Do you teach out of a studio or travel to your students’ homes? Would you be interested in being listed on our Teacher Map? Whether you’re gearing up for teaching lessons in person with safe social distancing or even...
by Regina Eddington | Jul 1, 2020 | General News
So many things are up in the air as everyone wades through uncharted waters when it comes to this worldwide pandemic that we are experiencing. Schools converted to e-learning, theaters have gone dark, concerts have been rescheduled, marching bands are putting...
by John Rihani | May 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Another giant of the cello world has passed. I found this article to beautifully outline his life and accomplishments: https://www.npr.org/2020/04/28/847462222/cellist-lynn-harrell-has-died-age-76 And while the video is old and the quality is bad, I cherished this...
by John Rihani | May 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Last week we left me with a beautiful cello from Michael Koeberling, but feeling like I had broken my own rule to get it and found myself with another lovely sounding cello that didn’t quite have what my heart wanted. The three years I played this cello found all...
by John Rihani | Apr 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Last week we left off with me promising to NEVER AGAIN commission a cello for myself, waiting instead for the chance to buy a cello that already existed. Well, I didn’t do that. About a year after I sold my 1998 Widenhouse cello I started getting itchy to have a...
by John Rihani | Apr 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Last week we reviewed my doomed commission of a cello from Peter Paul Prier. Let’s now turn our attention to brighter chapter in my cello story… I remember reading an article in “The Strad” magazine about some of the nobility that commissioned instruments from...
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