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Category Archives: Tips & Advice
Simply for Strings Launches Specialised Back to School Online Store
Making Back to School Simple To our teachers… Simply for Strings is offering a new back to school service for you and your busy string parents. Previously we have supplied schools with a customised back to school order form which have … Continue reading
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On the couch with Australian Violinist, Ray Chen
Winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition (2009) & the Yehudi Menuhin Competition (2008), Ray Chen is among the most compelling young violinists today. His recent performances, including debut recitals at the Kennedy Center in Washington D. C. & the Merkin … Continue reading
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When Children Baulk at Music Practice
By Ruth Bonetti for Simply for Strings. If practice-time becomes a battlefield in your household, take heart. That’s normal. It’s hard when talented youngsters fritter away their talent because they baulk at the drudgery of regular practice. In our fast … Continue reading
Making your living as a string player
Find String Playing Opportunities Around the World It was the dead of winter in Minneapolis. Temperatures were frigid, the snow was piled high. Roland Moyer’s phone rang. It was an old friend of his, now with an orchestra in Porto, … Continue reading
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Care and Maintenance of your Instrument
The Instrument: 1 Make sure your bridge is always straight and upright (leaning a few millimetres towards the tailpiece is ok). With normal use and regular tuning the bridge will gradually lean foward. If the bridge is left like this … Continue reading
Tax Tips for Musicians
Tax time can be a stressful and anxious time for many of us working in the music industry. Unlike many careers, most musicians source their livelihood from numerous incomes including private teaching, performing, and permanent positions. This often means that a musician cannot solely identify as an employee, self-employed, contractor, or sub-contractor making gathering correct tax information difficult. Continue reading
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Flu Season for Strings: Humidity & Your Instrument
Stringed instruments are made of wood, a material that expands when it absorbs moisture, and contracts when it dries. To further complicate matters, the two different types of wood used in building instruments—soft spruce for the top and harder maple for the back and sides—expand and contract at different rates. At the extreme, these changes can cause extensive damage requiring expensive repairs and sometimes irrepairable. They can also cause the edges or seams to open, a much easier and less expensive repair. Continue reading
The Strad Conduct Air Travel Survey – Have Your Say!
I think this is a brilliant survey, and would love everyone who has ever had a problem or success with domestic or international instrument travel to partake. See below. “Have you had a bad experience flying with your instrument? Or … Continue reading
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String Instrument Care Guide
To keep your instrument in the best possible shape we have created this guide to help you keep your instrument looking and sounding as good as the day you bought it. Continue reading
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