Craig Birchfield
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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Craig Birchfield
- Aug 24, 2016
- 1 min
WE HAVE CELLOS!
I am getting word back from the vine that some of our local Portland area shops are already starting to run out of cellos. As of right...
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Craig Birchfield
- Aug 2, 2016
- 3 min
How to Adjust a Bridge – Critical Information
All advancing string players need to know how to adjust their bridges. The youngest of players should probably put off learning this task...
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Craig Birchfield
- Jun 28, 2016
- 3 min
Elephants for Breakfast, Violins for Lunch
As we enter into summer we are seeing quite a few new faces at our shop – younger and older – that want to take up violin, viola or cello...
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Craig Birchfield
- Jun 6, 2016
- 1 min
Spotlight on our Teacher Resource Page
I wanted to give a quick heads-up for our Teacher and Music School Resource Page which is accessed from our menu bar near the top of the...
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Craig Birchfield
- May 10, 2016
- 1 min
Kudos to Five Star Guitars – 2016 SBA Small Business Persons of the Year
On behalf of Allegro Violin and Music (as well as our local musicians) I would like to send a shout out to our good friends over at Five...
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Craig Birchfield
- Apr 27, 2016
- 2 min
Allegro’s Greatest Hits Part 1
I have been writing our Allegro Violin music blog for several years. I typically spend several hours writing each blog piece and I try to...
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Craig Birchfield
- Mar 9, 2016
- 5 min
Between the Flags and Dots
We have a great and rich tradition in western classical music. From my vantage point it seems to be alive and well today on planet Earth...
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Craig Birchfield
- Feb 5, 2016
- 5 min
The Cello Curmudgeon
I could have just as easily entitled this piece Violin Vexation. I thought that I would briefly revisit some important themes that I have...
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Craig Birchfield
- Jan 3, 2016
- 5 min
A Tale of Five Concerts
I hope everyone has a lovely Christmas and New Years and ditto for those of you who celebrated other holidays such as Hanukkah and...
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Craig Birchfield
- Dec 3, 2015
- 2 min
Top 10 Reasons Children Should Learn an Instrument
Here are my top ten reasons for children to learn to play a musical instrument. These include practical child development reasons such...
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