Fine stringed & fretted instruments - Expert repair & instruction
A little about us...
Meadowood Music, a wonderful stringed instrument specialty shop, begUn as the dream of husband & wife, Mike & Paula. In 1995, the couple conceived of a music store where excellent service & products are the norm, a place where people make & share music, a store that offers high quality musical gear at great prices. In 2000, they opened Meadowood in Kutztown PA. In 2005, they moved the store to its current location on route 222 in Blandon, PA.
The store offers more than instruments & accessories. Meadowood offers expert repair & restoration of all stringed instruments. Mike builds and restores violins & is an authorized Martin Guitar warrantee service technician. A cadre of fine musicians offer high quality musical instruction at Meadowood.
Meadowood offers this website as a way for people near & far to visit the store on-line. It shows the store inventory (we do our best to keep it current) & provides info that's useful to both amateur & professional musicians & music lovers: care tips for stringed instruments, links to websites that promote live music, contacts for local musicians, info & links for workshops, camps, schools, festivals, radio stations & links to manufacturers that supply Meadowood with its fine wares.
Mike & Paula would love to hear from you. You can reach them through the 'Contact' link in the menu at the top of this page. You can visit them in person at the store, or call during business hours. You can track special events and day-to-day activities at Meadowood with the calendar of events at the top of this page & on the Meadowood Music FaceBook page. You can subscribe to Meadowood's e-newsletter through the form below.
News and Happenings
REOPENED JUNE 5
Posted 6/24/20
Our last day of business before the pandemic lockdown was March 14. We reopened June 5 when our county reached the "yellow" phase of the state reopening. While the store was closed, Paula repaired damaged plaster, painted, & scrubbed the place while Mike responded to customers & kept the train running.
We have some new hours:
Tues: 10-8
Wed, Thu, Fri: 10-7
Sat 10-4
We will ask you to wash your hands upon arrival and stay at least 6 feet from anyone to whom you are not related. We will also request that you wear a mask.
We will sanitize doors, counters, keypads, and the restroom after each use and sanitize the lesson studio waiting areas after each half hour. Teachers will sanitize their studios ofter each lesson. Outdoor and online lessons will available.
MEADOWOOD ONLINE GATHERING TO CONTINUE
JUNE 30 IS OUR NEXT ONLINE GET TOGETHER
NOTE THAT WE START AT 6 PM INSTEAD OF 7!
Posted: 6/24/20
Thanks to Dave Kline for live streaming this week's jam on FaceBook live via Berks Americana Fest. You can see it on the festival page.
Even though the store is open, many people who are especially vulnerable to severe outcomes if they contract a respiratory illness are avoiding public spaces. In response, we will continue our online gathering to include these people in our circle, our community.
Invitations to the Zoom stream should arrive by email between 6:45 PM and 6:50 PM on June 30. If you don't already receive invitations to these Zoom gatherings, and would like to, send a request to our friend Barron by email.
SONGWRITERS - GET AUDIENCE AND, MAYBE, A PRIZE
SUBMIT YOUR TRAIN TUNE TO BERKS AMERICANA FEST'S CONTEST
Updated: 5/30/20
Are you a songwriter? Have a train song? Submit it to Berks Americana Fest’s Function Junction competition and get a wide audience for your tune, recognition, and possibly win a cool ukulele!
Visit Berks Americana Fest’s FB page, view the Function Junction videos, and go!
Video One: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanaFest/videos/668900760630983/?t=0
Video Two: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanaFest/videos/295325178526298/?t=13
RESTART CLASSICAL STRING JAM - POSTPONED
Posted: 4/18/19
Our string jam has been on hiatus for the winter, and is now stalled by COVID-19. We've done something new. The music for the jam is now available to participants via a cloud-based music notation software, flat.io. In the next week or so, we will be emailing former jam participants links to playable, printable versions of 25 pieces of music for violin, viola, cello, and bass. With the link, players can access the music, decide which pieces they prefer, and come to the first jam of the season ready to play. If you are interested, but have not come to the jam before, please contact us with your email so that we can send you links. Participants bring their own printed music and music stand.
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FLY WITH YOUR INSTRUMENT IN ALL 50 STATES
FAA MODERNIZATION AND REFORM ACT OF 2012
Federal Law Requires Airlines to Allow Musical Instruments on Planes
Updated: 1/19/18
Thank the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), for lobbying Congress (for many years) to get legislation that protects musicians who travel by air with their instruments. Acccording to the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, musicians may carry an instrument onto the cabin of an aircraft if the instrument can be stowed safely in one of the approved carry-on locations, and there is still space for the instrument at the time the passenger boards. This ruling means that musicians need to board as early as possible to ensure that there's space. For more details about how to board early and what to do if an instrument is too large for carry-on storage, read on.
To read past e-newsletters, click here.
MEADOWOOD SPONSORS HALF MOON CAFE OPEN MICS
Date posted: 4/18/20 - POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Meadowood hosted summer-only, outdoor, open mics, first at the Kutztown Park, then at our Kutztown store, then at our Blandon store. In 2018, we moved the open mics to Clay on Main in Oley, where they can be indoors, monthly, year-long. We hope to see (hear) you there.
Musicians and audience members gather in Clay on Main's Half Moon Cafe (313 Main Street in Oley) on the first Monday of each month from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Each act may erform up to 3 tunes. Acts should require little set-up time. Material should be appropriate for a family audience.
The Half Moon asks each adult to donate $5 and provides seating, a PA system, and sound technician. Free parking is available in the nearby church lot (please park there, not on the street where residential neighbors park).
WHERE MEADOWOOD'S TEACHERS PERFORM
GREAT TEACHERS & GREAT MUSICIANS - WHERE THEY PLAY
Date posted: 12/27/19
Go see our teachers perform live. You'll be glad you did. SCHEDULE: next page
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