Fine stringed & fretted instruments - Expert repair & instruction
A little about us...
We are Mike & Paula, the owners of Meadowood Music, a stringed instrument specialty shop we conceived of in 1995 & opened in 2000: a place where excellent service & products are the norm, where people make & share music, where high quality musical gear is available at great prices. Originally on Main Street in Kutztown, PA, we moved to our current location on route 222 in Blandon, PA in 2005.
In addition to selling stringed instruments & accessories, we repair them. Mike builds & restores violins & is a Martin Guitar warrantee technician.
We, with a cadre of other musicians, offer high quality musical instruction.
We maintain this website so that people near & far can easily "visit" the store & see our inventory
(we do our best to keep it current). The website provides information for 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.
We'd love to hear from you.
Call us at 610-916-1285.
Click HERE to email us or use the 'Contact' link in the menu above.
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News and Happenings
SPRING CONCERT SERIES AT CLAY ON MAIN COMING SOON
Updated 3/7/25
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SAVE THESE DATES!
FRONT ROOM HALF MOON CAFE
DATE 7:15 - 7:45 PM 8:00 - 10:00 PM
Apr 4 | Tim Radway | Golden Twine
Apr 18 | Bill Jester | Echo North
May 2 |Benefit Concert: Rebuild Paula's Sister's House
May 16 | Blue Moon Duo | A.K.A.
Jun 6 | Jason Nye | Mike, Paula & Rich
Jun 20 | Ken Gehret | Lucille Jazz
We're finalizing arrangements with artists for the slots marked "tentative booking."
Click HERE to see artists' bios and photos.
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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)
PAULA'S SISTER HAS SUFFERED A STAGGERING LOSS
YOU CAN HELP - DONATE TO HELP HER REBUILD HER HOME
Updated 3/5/25
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CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW OR SCAN THE QR CODE TO DONATE
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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