Author Archives: Chad Criswell

Just because an instrument has MADE IN CHINA stamped on it no longer automatically means that it is of poor quality. It turns out that the thing that matters, usually, is the age of the company and the attention they … Continue reading →

Just because an instrument has MADE IN CHINA stamped on it no longer automatically means that it is of poor quality. It turns out that the thing that matters, usually, is the age of the company and the attention they … Continue reading →

For more than a decade now band directors have lamented the influx of ultra low-cost musical instrument brands being made overseas in China and in other countries.  The complaints have, for the most part, centered around intonation problems, lack of … Continue reading →

For more than a decade now band directors have lamented the influx of ultra low-cost musical instrument brands being made overseas in China and in other countries.  The complaints have, for the most part, centered around intonation problems, lack of … Continue reading →

If you are a public school band director you have to face the facts.  No matter what you say, no matter how you say it, you will still wind up with inferior quality instruments being brought into your band rehearsals. … Continue reading →

If you are a public school band director you have to face the facts.  No matter what you say, no matter how you say it, you will still wind up with inferior quality instruments being brought into your band rehearsals. … Continue reading →

Okay, I know the physics says that you can make a brass instrument out of pretty much any resonating tube, but the idea of playing on a piece of PVC pipe just bugs me….  Today I stopped into my local … Continue reading →

Okay, I know the physics says that you can make a brass instrument out of pretty much any resonating tube, but the idea of playing on a piece of PVC pipe just bugs me….  Today I stopped into my local … Continue reading →