Day: May 29, 2020

Instrument Health During COVID-19 / Cold & Flu Season

With the spread of COVID-19 in addition to cold and flu season, we would like to offer some advice about how to keep your woodwind or brass instrument clean and safer for you to use.Please note, if you are recovering from a serious contagious illness inform our staff so that we can take the proper […]

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January / February 2020 Newsletter

Contents
What is a Soundpost setter? | Tales from the Classroom | Care and Feeding of your Snare Drum | New Product | Fine: How Not to Run Foul of Fair Use

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November / December 2019 Newsletter

Contents
What is an Udu? | Care and Feeding of your Reeds | New Product | Tales from the Classroom with Kammi Eckhoff | Ten and a Half Questions with Sean Hedding | Finé How Not to Run Foul of Fair Use by Drew Holmes

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September / October 2019 Newsletter

Contents
Time Challenge! | Care and Feeding of your Flute | New Product | Ten and a Half Questions with Corry Petersen | Finé Know Your Job is Sales by Drew Holmes

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July / August 2019 Newsletter

Contents
What is a grombal? | Care and Feeding of your Trumpet | New Product | Backstage with Carleen Widhalm | Finé Why Making Music is Like Committing a Crime by Drew Holmes

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What the Heck is it? The Soundpost Setter

What is a soundpost setter? How is it used? Why is it important to have the soundpost in the exact right location on your violin or other string instrument? Brad answers these questions and more in this installment of What the Heck is it?

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Care and Feeding of Your Snare Drum Part 1: How to Change a Drum Head

In this brief primer, Boomer Music’s Peter Knudson shows how to change a drum head. Watch the complete video for more in depth instruction including how to tune your drum once the head has been changed.

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Care and Feeding of Your Snare Drum: How to Change and Tune a Drum Head

In this comprehensive video, Peter Knudson takes you through all the steps to change and tune a snare drum head. He answers the questions “How do I know I need to change my drum head?”, “What tools will I need?”, “What is the proper loosening and tightening techniques?”, “What are the parts of the drum […]

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Care and Feeding of Your… Reeds!

What is the proper way to put a reed and ligature on your woodwind mouthpiece without damaging anything? Kammi shows you how!

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What the Heck is it? The Udu!

What the heck is an Udu? Peter explains what it is, why it’s cool, and how to play it!

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