Practise, practise and practise a well known professional musician once said when asked what he does in his spare time! All very well you may reply but every time I remind my budding musician to practice it is perceived as a ‘nag’. I’ve often tried the positive approach – ‘well dear that was really beautiful,…
DetailsSo you need a new Cello bow? From the start let me say that this article is intended for advancing players rather than professionals. We have musicians coming from all over the UK looking for the perfect bow – they spend hours testing, feeling, listening. These are bows from £1500 upwards! So, you have upgraded…
DetailsJust picked out a lovely old Cello labelled Jenny Bailly. Ever heard of Jenny? She must surely be the very first and most famous female Luthier of the last century. Jenny was the daughter and pupil of the famous Paul Bailly and Henley writes her instruments up – ‘strong tonal qualities – pure and homogeneous’.…
DetailsMy string broke days after purchase – is the instrument faulty? We get it frequently: Panic-stricken Cello Mum on the phone – “I have just purchased this cello and the string has snapped. The cello is faulty and I want a replacement!” Broken strings are a common occurrence, due to a number of reasons: Firstly,…
DetailsHumidity and String Instruments Moisture in the air (Humidity) affects the tone and the condition of String instruments because wood is a natural substance and can absorb and adapt to the humidity in the air. When the humidity rises, wood expands and when the humidity drops the wood dries out causing it to shrink. If…
DetailsThe Caswell’s ‘Premium Bond’ Giveaway FULL WINNERS LIST We’re pleased to announce the Full and Final winners list for our daily prize draw throughout May. UPDATE 1 JULY: Winners will receive their prize as soon as possible – we have ordered the vouchers and will send them out as soon as we have them Congratulations…
DetailsThe dangers of buying strings online, unless from a recognised and trusted company! We have often heard rumours about the infiltration of counterfeit Violin, Viola, Cello and Bass strings being offered online. We mostly presumed that these “counterfeit strings” firstly had poor packaging that looked like it came out of an Inkjet printer and secondly,…
DetailsWe’re giving away £450 worth of High Street Gift Vouchers in May How does it work?: We have 31 prize tokens, one for each day of May Every day we will have 2 draws: All the online orders from that day will be entered automatically* and 1 order drawn for a prize The remaining number…
DetailsMany a time I have demonstrated Cellos to aspiring Cellists only to get the teacher on the Cello and ‘woowowo’ – out pops the Wolf! The teacher understands, because Wolf notes are a fact of life, even with the best and most expensive Cellos, but the affect on the student and parents is always interesting.…
DetailsBAM recently introduced two new colours to existing ranges. Both are now in stock: L’ETOILE contoured violin case in Rose Pink (ET2002XLRO) LA DEFENSE Contoured Violin case in Orange (DEF2002XLO)
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