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.
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News and Happenings
REOPENED JUNE 5 - COVID PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE
Posted 9/21/20
COVID precautions forced us to close from March 14 until June 5. While the store was closed, Paula repaired damaged plaster, painted, & scrubbed the place while Mike responded to customers & kept the train running.
We have new hours:
Tues: 10-8 -- Wed, Thu, Fri: 10-7 -- Sat 10-4
In our store, we ask that you wash your hands upon arrival, stay at least 6 feet from anyone to whom you are not related, and wear a mask. We will regularly sanitize doors, counters, keypads, the restroom, andlesson studio waiting areas. Teachers will regularly sanitize their studios. Online lessons are available. Outdoor lessons will be available until weather makes them impossible.
TUESDAY NIGHT BLUEGRASS JAM HAS A NEW LOCATION
STARTING SEPTEMBER 22, THE JAM MOVES INDOORS, DOWN THE STREET
Posted: 9/21/20
We would like to send a big "thanks" to Trinity Bible Fellowship Church on Main Street in Blandon https://www.facebook.com/TrinityBFC for making a large room available to Meadowood Music's Tuesday night jammers. Starting September 22, Trinity will welcome Meadowood's Bluegrass Jam from
6-8 PM. Mike and Pastor Dan Williams will be there to greet you and help you find the room they are generously allowing us to use.
SPECIAL VIOLIN EVENT SERIES PREMIERED SEPTEMBER 21
NEXT ONE ANTICIPATED IN SPRING 2020
Posted: 9/21/20, Updated: 10/1/20
On Monday, Sept 21, Meadowood held the first of a series of collaborative special events with our friend Rich Dodson. It was lovely.
At these events, participants who pre-register have the opportunity to explore a collection of fine violins that Rich has assembled over several decades. He will come to Meadowood a few times a year with a sampling of violins made by early American and European builders, as well as fine violin bows.
If you would like to be put on the invitation list for the next event, we will make sure you know about the next exhibition and sale of Rich's special reserve stock of violins. The evenings will always fall on Mondays because Meadowood is closed to normal business, and we can provide our private lesson studios for you to spend time playing
Violins/bows for sale — You may play and, if you fall in love, purchase them.
Historic exhibition pieces for display only — Rich plans to keep them.
CLASSICAL STRING JAM - POSTPONED INDEFINITELY
Posted: 9/21/19
Our string jam has been stalled by COVID-19, BUT we've done something new. The music for the jam is now available to participants via a cloud-based music notation software, flat.io. We emailed 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. With the hope that we will one day play together again, players can also decide which pieces they prefer, and come to the first jam 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.
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: 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).
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LEARN TO PLAY AN INSTRUMENT
SIGN U10/1/20
COVID has interrupted many things in our lives, but music lessons are still an option. If you or your child would like to learn to play an instrument,
CLICK HERE to sign up for lessons NOW!
WHERE MEADOWOOD'S TEACHERS PERFORM
GREAT TEACHERS & GREAT MUSICIANS - WHERE THEY PLAY
Date posted: 9/21/20
Everyone's performing schedule has been devastated by COVID issues. Please visit our teachers' websites linked on the next page for updates.
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