teacher resources

Thank you for taking the time to visit our website. Our shop’s founder, Paul Bartel, was an orchestra teacher and we have great admiration for all that you do for your students and for music education. On this page we hope to provide you with some helpful and useful information. If you have any questions please contact our School Sales Coordinator, David Smarelli. He is a former orchestra teacher himself and is a fabulous resource for you to connect with.

Another way to stay up-to-date on the latest at the shop is through our monthly Teacher Newsletter. We keep them short, sweet and to the point so that you have all of the information you need related to our services and how we can help support your strings program. Most importantly our Teacher Newsletter is our way of announcing that our JP Scholarship program has opened for nominations, this program awards a full instrument outfit to deserving students. If not for the shop information, we encourage you to sign up for the scholarship updates.

Teacher Newsletter

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RENTAL PROGRAM

If you are not familiar with our shop, our primary focus is our rental program. We have created a simple and affordable rental program so that students and parents can feel comfortable with their string decision and can get started as quickly as possible. Our rental program features high-quality, professionally-setup instruments and, to eliminate the guess work, we rent just one level of instrument. It’s not the job of the parent to decide between various “levels” of instrument for their student. We also provide a FREE starter kit for all students which includes: a music stand, music folder, music book, rosin, cleaning cloth, and end-pin or shoulder rest.

Should you decide to refer students to our rental program we want you to be confident that we are providing your students with everything they need to succeed. If you measure your students for fit feel free to use our measurement guide as a resource and let the parents know what size rental they should select for their child.

If you would like rental materials for your school please complete the form below.

Request Rental Materials

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Method Book

We carry the following beginner method books, which we include at no cost in the New Rental Starter Kit. Please select the book you use.

SCHOOL DISCOUNTS

In addition to the rental program we also sell direct to schools. All school purchases are significantly discounted off of our standard retail price. We would be happy to provide you a quote or send you a school purchase catalog to review. Please complete the form below begin this process.

School Purchase Request Form

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TEACHER DISCOUNTS

Last, but not least, we provide teachers with a very generous discount on our in-stock inventory of instruments, bows and cases. We know how hard you work and the least we can do is offer you the opportunity to save on instrument purchases. Please contact the shop for specifics related to this discount program. In the meantime, you can visit our sales pages to view our inventory:

Violin Viola Cello Bass

Bows Cases

VIDEO RESOURCES

strings recruitment

This video is great to show to students who are interested in joining orchestra. It is primarily geared towards elementary students but can be used for students of all ages.

This video should fit nicely into a normal class period and in it we cover all of the string instruments, play some pieces and have a bit of fun.

virtual rental meeting

This video is very useful for parents. We cover all aspects of our rental program including measuring for instrument size, completing rentals online and rental equity.

It’s important that parents get all of the details up front and we want them to be comfortable in their decision to rent a string instrument.

BLACK VIOLIN - message for String players

The duo Black Violin has an important message for string players, from Book 1 through Advanced.

This is a great message not only for strings, but for life. We can’t thank them enough for taking the time to record this message and we hope that you will share this with your students.

String Instrument Care

Mike, from the shop, covers the basics of instrument care. This is a great video to keep on hand for reminders with your students or to share with parents.