Violins, Guitars, Mandolins... all are at risk of developing top cracks when the air gets too dry. This violin top had six cracks that were glued and cleated, but the top had to come off to do it. As temperatures drop, so does humidity. It's TIME to start humidifying your instruments so that you don't have to spend your hard-earned $$ to repair them. Meadowood sings this song every Autumn because dehydration damage in instruments is gradual & largely unnoticeable until it’s w

Clay on Main's Second Fall Concert on Oct 17 opened with Justin Santoro playing a half-hour eclectic selection of violin solos and duets in the Front Room, accompanied by his teacher, Judy Terwilliger. With the momentum Justin built, the Sunday Sinfonia Quartet (Judy Terwilliger & Paul Eppling on violin, Julie Kemp on viola, and John Pangratz on cello) played two hours of Baroque pieces by Handel, Purcell and others in the Half Moon. Below is a short video of one of the piece

We are grateful for the dozens of Newspaper and magazine articles about Meadowood | Blandon PA, and also for the articles they've published by Meadowood's proprietors. With permission, we have reprinted about 20 of them at https://www.meadowoodmusic.com/articles-about-meadowood-and-affiliates . We hope you will enjoy reading them. We will post here when a new article is added.

Meadowood produced the Oct 3, 2025 concert with Mark Cosgrove & Good Medicine at Clay on Main's Half Moon Cafe. Epic. Intimate. Superb.

In this seminar, you'll learn how to... Choose Cleaners & Polishes Assess an Instrument's Health P erform Basic Setup on Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin & Violin Explore Details of the Meadowood Care & Maintenance "Speech" Prevent Humidity & Temperature Issues Avoid Mechanical Trauma Reduce Risks at Performances, Jams & other Public Settings Manage String Tension Limit Mistakes by Others