Fine stringed & fretted instruments - Expert repair & instruction
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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.
News and Happenings
MUSIC AT CLAY ON MAIN
SPRING CONCERT SERIES AT CLAY ON MAIN COMING SOON
Updated 2/12/25
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Clay on Main's Spring Concert Season will be starting soon. Save these dates:
April 4 - April 18 - May 2 - May 16 - June 6 - June 20.
We will announce who's performing as soon as we have the details firm.
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Each of these Friday evenings begins at 7:15 with a half-hour concert in the Front Room at Clay on Main. Following this short concert, a 15-minute intermission allows audience to get refreshments from the kitchen, browse the art installations in the gallery and the offerings in the gift shop, and get seated for the two-hour concert that begins at 8:00 in the Half Moon at the rear of the Clay on Main building.
THIS CHARMING CONCERT SERIES IS A JOY TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATE IN IT, AND A TREASURE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. REVENUE FROM THE CONCERTS GOES TO LOCAL PERFORMING MUSICIANS AND CLAY ON MAIN, HELPING IT TO CONTINUE AS AN ARTS RESOURCE FOR US ALL.
Clay on Main is at 313 Main Street, Oley.
Parking is in the nearby Church lot (not on the street, please). Doors open at 7:00.
Front Room acts are compensated by a tip jar - please be generous.
(Front Room artists keep all of the money from the jar)
Half Moon Cafe acts are compensated by a $15 admission for those 12 and over.​
(Half Moon artists share the $15 admission with Clay on Main)
WELCOME A. J. EVANS - GUITAR TEACHER
Updated 2/12/25
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We are delighted that A. J. (Andrew) Evans is joining Meadowood's cadre of excellent teachers. A. J. and Meadowood were born the same year. When he was four, A. J. began asking his parents (both music teachers) for a guitar and guitar lessons. They thought he was a little young, but started to think he was serious when he kept asking after he turned five. They promised him that, if he still wanted to get a guitar and lessons once he turned six, he could.
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He immediately stopped pestering, and they thought he'd forgotten... until a week before his sixth birthday when he asked, "May I still have a guitar for my birthday?" He began lessons here at Meadowood at age 6 with Gene Cullison.
Studying with Gene and, living with two music teachers, he had a nearly ideal situation to practice and grow as a musician. After many years with Gene, he later studied with Dave Cullen, and later still attended Temple University where he earned a Bachelor's in Music Education with an Emphasis in Jazz Studies. Guitar remained his primary instrument.
"Mr. Evans" is now the 4th, 5th, and 6th grade band director at C. E. Cole Intermediate school in the Fleetwood School District. He is as enthusiastic about teaching as he is playing guitar. He is literally a. life-long musician. We couldn't be more pleased to welcome him to Meadowood where he accepts beginning through advanced guitar students. He is currently here Wednesday evenings.
LEARN TO PLAY AN INSTRUMENT
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Updated 11/24/24
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Our wonderful instructors offer in-person and virtual instruction on a wide array of instruments (teacher biographies and list of lessons offered HERE). If you or your child would like to learn to play an instrument, CLICK HERE to sign up NOW!
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: 11/24/24
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.
WHERE MEADOWOOD'S TEACHERS PERFORM
GREAT TEACHERS & GREAT MUSICIANS - WHERE THEY PLAY
Date updated: 1/22/21
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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