This is one of the best articles re: summer care that we have read.  It is from the Connolly company’s blog called String Ovation. From providing protection from temperature fluctuations and humidity changes, to advise on how to travel with your instrument, the following are all the tips you need to ensure your instrument […]

Is it time to get my bow rehaired? How can I tell? As you consider the best ways to keep your instruments and bows sounding and playing their best, you may wonder, how will I know it’s time to get my bow rehaired? Recently, we had a chance to ask our Givens Violins in-house full […]

By Douglas Lay Sometimes a musical instrument may exhibit seemingly inexplicable changes. The tone or playing qualities may vary: a buzz may develop and then disappear, joints may come unglued and cracks may suddenly develop. Any of these things may happen without any mistreatment or abuse of the instrument, as if controlled by unseen forces. […]