Meadowood Music: Stringed Instrument Shop at 8521 Allentown Pike, Blandon PA

Fine stringed & fretted instruments - Expert repair & instruction

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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

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Events hosted, sponsored/promoted by Meadowood Music.

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SPRING 2024 CONCERT SERIES AT CLAY ON MAIN

FRIDAY EVENINGS - APRIL 19 THRU JUNE 28

Updated 4/12/24

Clay on Main's Fall Concert Season began Friday, October 6., and continues through December 15 The evenings open at 7:15 PM in the Front Room, and continues in the Half Moon Cafe in the rear of the building at 8:00.

This week,

The first concert of the 2023 Spring series will be on April 19. Music by two wonderful bands starts at 7:15.

7:15 - 7:45, Front Room: 18 Strings
Larry Swanson - guitar, Jim Mathis: mandolin, Eric Simms - bass guitar

This trio formed when three of the regulars at the Meadowood Bluegrass jam agreed to play their first gig a few years ago here at Clay on Main. The audience loved them, and we tried to get them back, but schedules didn't work until now. We are so excited to have them back. After 18 Strings, Golden Twine will perform in the Half Moon.

8:00 - 10:00, Half Moon: Golden Twine
Ken Gualtier - guitar/vocals, Robin Gualtieri - bass/vocals,
Charles Feenstra - viola/vocals, Bob Entler - mandolin/vocals
https://soundcloud.com/littlegreenshack

These four wonderful musicians play Folk, Bluegrass, Blues, and Jam styles of music that include covers of Dylan, Garcia, Grisman, Clapton, Petty, The Band, Hartford, Rice... as well as originals. They've played many venues in the Lehigh Valley including Reading City Park Earth Day, Hijinx Brewery in Allentown, the Berks County Conservancy, the Emmaus Farmers Market, the Saucon Valley Farmers Market, the Oley Valley Fairgrounds and... finally... Clay on Main! We can't wait to hear them!

THIS CHARMING CONCERT SERIES IS A GEM, A JOY TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATESS, AND A TREASURE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. IT ALSO HELPS GENERATE REVENUE FOR CLAY ON MAIN, ALLOWING IT TO CONTINUE AS AN ARTS RESOURCE FOR US ALL.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE ENTIRE SPRING 2024 SCHEDULE.

Clay on Main is at 313 Main Street, Oley. Parking is in the nearby Church lot (not on the street, please). Doors open at 7:00.

Front Room acts are compensated by a tip jar - please be generous.

Half Moon Cafe acts are compensated by a $15 admission for those 12 and over (younger folks enter free)

LEARN TO PLAY AN INSTRUMENT

Updated 8/2/23

Our wonderful instructors offer in-person and virtual instruction on a wide array of instruments (teacher biographies and list of lessons offered HERE). If you or your child would like to learn to play an instrument, CLICK HERE to sign up NOW!

THE BLUEGRASS JAM IS BACK AT MEADOWOOD

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE GENEROSITY OF TRINITY BIBLE FELLOWSHIP!

Updated 3/3/23

The Bluegrass jam temporarily moved to Trinity Bible Fellowship Churchn Blandon, BUT HAS RETURNED HOME TO OUR STORE EVERY TUESDAY. Thanks Trinity (https://www.facebook.com/TrinityBFC) for making a large room available to Meadowood Music's Bluegrass Jam during COVID!

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.