Craig Birchfield
Short Term Gain - Long Term Loss
The old axiom is penny wise and dollar foolish. I don't think that there is any place that can be more applicable than your child's music...
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Craig Birchfield
- Sep 28, 2019
- 1 min
Krutz Strings
We are now dealers for the internationally famous Krutz Strings company out of Kansas City, Kansas. We are very impressed by their...
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Craig Birchfield
- May 15, 2019
- 3 min
6 Mental Benefits Of Playing The Violin For Children (Backed By Science)
Special guest blog by Neil Nguyen Learning an instrument, especially the violin early gives your children many decisive benefits, both...
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Craig Birchfield
- May 1, 2019
- 1 min
Upright Basses All Sizes in stock from $899!
We finally got our basses in from backorder. We have a great selection of Uprights for you to choose from: Great playing student model...
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Craig Birchfield
- Apr 28, 2019
- 1 min
Home of the Lifetime Trade-Up
The number one question that parents have when they come us is, ”what do we do when our child outgrows this instrument.” Many advancing...
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Craig Birchfield
- Mar 1, 2019
- 3 min
A Poet’s Premier – Student Lights National Christmas Tree
One of the joys of my job is finding out that a young person who obtained an instrument from our shop did something very special with it....
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Craig Birchfield
- Feb 10, 2019
- 2 min
Concert Review: 2Cellos at the Moda Center 2/7/2019
Roxanne and I were able to attend the 2Cellos concert at the Moda Center, Theater of the Clouds last Thursday. I had not seen them live...
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Craig Birchfield
- Jun 20, 2018
- 3 min
How to keep kids practicing through the summer
The sun is out and the clouds are gone. Hooray! This is the summertime creed of Oregon kids who have to run between raindrops for most of...
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Craig Birchfield
- Apr 15, 2018
- 4 min
Why is a Cello not like a Toaster Oven?
(I have updated and reposted this blog piece from a few years ago because I think it is good information to review) That is because a...
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Craig Birchfield
- Mar 11, 2018
- 2 min
The Little Shop That Could
I like the people who do business with us to also know a little about us. Roxanne and I have been musicians for most of our lives. We...
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Craig Birchfield
- Feb 17, 2018
- 2 min
The Best Part of My Job
“She has been bugging me for a year to get a violin and lessons. I wanted to make sure that she was serious but she hasn’t let up.” I...
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Craig Birchfield
- Jan 7, 2018
- 2 min
Well Why Not???
It is the first week in January. We are just far enough into the new year to either be grateful that the holidays are over or be a little...
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Craig Birchfield
- Nov 22, 2017
- 1 min
Over 100 Violins, Violas, Cellos and Basses Available in Stock
Currently we have an inventory in excess of 100 instruments available for sale and most are also available for rent. If you check our...
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Craig Birchfield
- Oct 5, 2017
- 4 min
FYI, FAQs and Salient Points
I often hear the same questions or comments repeated by many of our customers so I thought that I would dedicate a blog entry to address...
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Craig Birchfield
- May 22, 2017
- 3 min
The Infamous Violin Shaped Object
I had a call from a young lady the other day. She was having trouble keeping her brand new violin in tune. I asked if we had sold it to...
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Craig Birchfield
- Apr 25, 2017
- 2 min
Important String Player Resources in Greater Portland
Here in the greater Portland metro area we have some excellent resources for string players. I will also list some links to the best of...
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Craig Birchfield
- Apr 3, 2017
- 3 min
In Praise of Personal Preference and Musical Tolerance
I grew up in the 1950’s and 1960’s. There were not 70 different Billboard music charts like there are today – Adult Alternative, Hot...
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Craig Birchfield
- Feb 20, 2017
- 2 min
“So What’s in it for Me?”
I usually try to find tidbits of information for this blog that you might find interesting but I thought that this time I would mention...
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Craig Birchfield
- Jan 18, 2017
- 2 min
“We Love the Scott Cao STV017!! …You can’t have it back, sorry.”
I recently received a text from a customer. We had shipped them one of our Scott Cao student violins. They paid for it in advance but...
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Craig Birchfield
- Oct 13, 2016
- 1 min
Paganini’s Greatest Secret
Occasionally, I will find a video that I think will be of some real interest or usefulness to our customers and teachers. I found one...
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