ABROAD

• The owners are off on yet another buying trip – gone for the month of April 2011 touring in an RV around Germany and Eastern Europe.
• Plans for Italy, France and England with our Luthier, Bobby Krech and his wife, in fall 2011
• Recent buying trip to China, October 2010 – Northern China near Russia…. Beijing… Shanghai…
• Europe 2008
• Europe 2006, China 2005, China 2006¸ Italy 2006

IN OUR SCHOOLS

• Participation Initiative – a video on the latest developments in the plan to increase music participation in Jeffco schools
• Sponsorship of the Golden High School Band Festival January 20, and String Festival January 25.
• Sponsorship of All County
• Sponsorship of Evergreen Area Festival
• Stevens Elementary String Program

IN THE LUTHIER SHOP

• The latest renovation work – on old European instruments – interviews and sound tests
• Master Violin Makers, Geigenbaumeister Thomas Hummel from Stuttgart Germany, Ferenc Korosi from Budapest, Claudiu Ciurbin from Romania, and more – how fascinating to meet them!
• The student instruments come in and out, in and out… Here’s one run over by a car… here’s one stolen and recovered in a pond with mud inside…
• How about the one cared for so well by a 10 year old that it looks new…

IN OUR STORE

• Four Music Product Specialists, also professional musicians, develop a wide variety of videos and articls on bowed string instrument and musical topics for your (and our) education
• Our Visiting European Master violin makers are interviewed and speak on their unique knowledge base
• Interesting customers dropping by… what they have to say… local bands, teachers
• Customers trying out and purchasing instruments… what they have to say
• The new student line coming out in fall 2011… arriving now…