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Saturday, February 20, 2021

Why You Need a Step-Up: String Instruments

Calling all string players! As the winter (eventually) thaws into the month of March, we enter my favorite time of the year at AMRO - Fiddle Fair! What is Fiddle Fair? It’s an annual sale where we feature our top string instruments for a discounted price. But it offers much more than just discounts. If you’ve been playing for several years now, or even since the start of school, you’ve been growing your skills on your instrument. Bow hold?... Read More
Posted by Amro Music at Saturday, February 20, 2021
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Thursday, November 12, 2020

What is Bluff City Strings?

On today's blog, we've got something really exciting to share with you all. We'd like to announce our brand new orchestral instrument divison:  Bluff City Strings! What is Bluff City Strings? Bluff City Strings offers orchestral musicians of all levels the opportunity to find their perfect instrument, ranging from rentals for beginning musicians to hand-crafted instruments for the most demanding players. We hand-select our instruments from highly reputable... Read More
Posted by Emilee McGee at Thursday, November 12, 2020
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Monday, March 30, 2020

How to Sanitize Your Stringed Instrument

  Sanitizing Your Stringed Instrument Welcome to Amro Music. Today we're talking about sanitizing your string instrument. It's important to keep your instrument sanitized. This is especially true if you've been sick or been around someone who is sick.  So, go ahead and clean your instrument following one of the cleaning videos linked below and sanitize your workspace so we can get started. Sanitizing the Strings & Fine Tuner For the strings... Read More
Posted by Emilee McGee at Monday, March 30, 2020
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Fiddle Fair 2020

JOIN US FOR FIDDLE FAIR ON MARCH 6-7 Learning to play a musical instrument is a new and exciting experience for any child or family. One of the most rewarding aspects of working at Amro Music is seeing young orchestra students grow and improve over time. Fiddle Fair is a yearly event where we offer our step-up program, which makes it easy and affordable to transition to a step-up instrument. What is a step-up instrument? While the beginner instrument is designed to be... Read More
Posted by Emilee McGee at Tuesday, February 18, 2020
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

How to Care for Your Instrument During Cold Weather

Cold Weather Care For Your Instrument Hi! My name is Johniece Anderson. I'm one of the band and orchestra consultants here at Amro Music, and I'm here to talk about one of the serious issues sweeping the nation. Every year, hundreds of instruments endure the cold, dry temperatures, and many of them don't make it through, bearing terrible cracks and open seams. The word of the day is hygroscopic ! This fancy word means that wood absorbs and attracts moisture, like our... Read More
Posted by Emilee McGee at Wednesday, January 29, 2020
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