by John Rihani | Aug 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
I had the opportunity to show several professional level contemporary cellos to a group of cellists recently. The cello by Lawrence Wilke had Pegheds installed – pegs that look traditional but are actually geared tuners. If you aren’t familiar with these...
by John Rihani | Aug 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Many string players, at some point in their musical development, begin playing for pay…taking “gigs”. The nerves can be worse playing your first wedding than they are when you give a solo recital! The one thing you want to be sure of is that you...
by John Rihani | Aug 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
Coda bow is often synonymous with carbon-fiber or composite bows. Because Coda was one of the first, the brand is often used like “Kleenex” or “Band-Aid”…a generic word for all composite bows. I owned one of the early generation of Coda...
by John Rihani | Aug 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
For today’s post, I wanted to highlight a newly completed portion of our website – the testimonials page. We work extremely hard at Encore to offer the best customer service and value available. This work isn’t done for recognition…no, it is...
by John Rihani | Aug 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
I love cello choirs. I know…no surprise there. I grew up listening to the CDs by the Yale Cello Choir under Aldo Parisot. The lush textures and soaring tone of a mass of cellos is something almost everyone loves. The harmonically rich music of Bach seems...
by John Rihani | Jul 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
Genuinely “new” ideas in the violin world are rare. I won’t go so far as to call the Scala Corta cello idea “new”, but it is certainly a reimagining of what modern cellists want from their instrument. For most of the recent past, the...
by John Rihani | Jul 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
Today, I had the pleasure of driving down to southern Indiana to delivery 20 cellos, 30 violins, and a dozen violas for a school program. This is one of the most rewarding parts of my job, because I know that the instruments I deliver will serve young musicians for...
by John Rihani | Jul 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
I love new instruments. For as long as I’ve played the cello, I have always been drawn to new construction. The great antiques of the past are glorious, priceless treasures and they certainly hold their own mystique, but my heart has always beat a little...
by John Rihani | Jun 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
Most of these blog posts make an attempt at being informational, but this one is going to ask a question. What’s your favorite rosin and why? I’ll start us off. I’ve used Pirastro Oliv rosin for my cello bow for over a decade. Although it’s...
by John Rihani | Jun 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
I need to express some sympathy for my cello-playing brothers and sisters in the first couple of years of their school music program. The violinists and violists take their instruments back and forth to school, allowing the director to tune their instrument several...
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