Articles Of Possible Interest
- What brand names are good?
- Bridge straightening video
- How to buy a bowed instrument or bow
- Best age to start a child - it depends on a few different factors
- Buying Mistakes when buying a violin, viola, or cello
- Rent or Buy
- Overview on Bows
- Harmonic design principles, the key to good sound & playability
- Harmonic design: The Sound Post
- Harmonic design: The Bass Bar
- Should everyone use a shoulder rest?
- Care & Feeding of bowed instruments- maintaining & protecting
- I got it on Ebay (or, "I got it elsewhere and need to know what's wrong.")
- Removing fingerboard tapes
- Humidification - If you do choose to humidify, be consistent
- Tuning problems & options- Friction pegs and the new mechanical pegs
- Teacher kickbacks - A frank discussion
- Which shops to avoid