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
Mini-vacation February 21 through 24
Closed those days - reopening 10:00 AM February 25
Posted: 2/20/20
It's time for our winter break. We are taking a mini-vacation this weekend, and will see you sometime after we open on Tuesday, February 25.
LESSONS ARE FOR KIDS (OF ALL AGES)
SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD FOR YOU AND FUN
Posted: 2/21/20
For decades research has shown that music is good for people. Children involved in music have better school grades and problem-solving skills, and are more likely to go to college. Elderly people who play music have better mental acuity and health. Playing music benefits all of us.
Montana State University and University of Central Florida held studies that children with musical experience have stronger language, reading and spelling skills, and that cognitive skills needed academic success were more developed in preschoolers who studied musical rhythm.
Adults also benefit from playing music. Not only is it fun, it improves emotional and physical health and mental acuity. Michigan State University research showed that older people who study music are less anxious, depressed, and lonely; they have stronger immune systems and overall health; they also have better memory than non-musicians.
Meadowood has students ages 4 through 83 — many of them beginners who recently purchased their first stringed instrument and began taking lessons.
Interested? You can find info about our teachers HERE.
To schedule lessons, call or email us, or stop by in person.
COMING UP SOON
RESTART CLAY ON MAIN CONCERTS - MARCH 27
RESTART CLASSICAL STRING JAM - APRIL 9
Posted: 2/20/19
CLAY ON MAIN: We are in the confirmation stage of booking the spring series for Clay on Main's spring concerts. The dates are March 27, April 3, April 24, May 1, and May 15. The first Half Moon Concert on March 27 will be by A.K.A. We will soon announce who will be performing in the Front Room on March 27, as well as who will be performing on the other dates - it will be a mix of new faces and returning favorites.
CLASSICAL STRING JAM: Our string jam has been on hiatus for the winter, but is about to restart on April 9. 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.
HUMIDIFY!
WINTER IS NOT OVER YET
Posted: 2/20/19
Winter air is dry. Wood shrinks. Instruments crack.
Please, please, please, humidify.
You can do it with an in-case humidifier, a room humidifier, or a whole house humidifier. However you do it, please maintain at least 40% humidity.
We want to earn your business, but not by repairing avoidable cracks.
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.
MEADOWOOD SPONSORS HALF MOON CAFE OPEN MICS
Date posted: 2/8/19, Updated: 10/10/19
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).
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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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