How to choose, buy and care for your instrument
Guidelines to select your first instrument and keep it clear, refined and climate protected.
Guidelines for care and purchase
Acoustic, electronic or drawer batteries to start with?
Before the drums, a practice pad and a good pair of drawers. We help you decide between acoustic drums, electronic or drawer as per your place.
Read articleHow to change the guitar's strings? step by step
Nylon and metal rods, acoustic, classical and electrical: When to change them, what calibre to use and how to put them to tuning and to get tuned.
Read articleHow to care for the voice? Practical guide for singers
Your voice has no case: care with daily habits. Drilling, resting, warming and knowing when to demand a professional appraisal.
Read articleHow to care for an electrical bass?
Fresh rods, a well-tipped mast and an electronic with no noise make the low sound and touch better. What can you do at home and what's the job of the luthier.
Read articleHow to care for a backpack? Transport, bridge and arch
The contraple gets damaged more with the moves than with his play. How to move it, adjust the bridge as the climate changes and care for ropes, arch and resin.
Read articleHow to care for an oboe and his rods?
The oboe is picky with two things: its rods and its wood. Thus they are moist and put their rods and rotate and so the oboe is cleaned without risking a crack.
Read articleHow to care for a tiple and a bandola?
Many metal strings, a lot of climate-sensitive tension and wood: tiple and bandola demand care of their own. What are and what signs should you not ignore.
Read articleHow to care for a cello? pica, bridge, arch and transport
With a cello, most accidents pass out of class: by leaving them on the floor, by climbing a bus or by bringing them into the car. That's how they care about their pica, their bridge, their arch and their wood.
Read articleHow to care for a battery and percussion tools?
Parches, sauces, frills, crates and contas: every part of the percussion has his care and there's one that doesn't look and that's the most important: your ear.
Read articleHow to care and clear an acoustic or digital piano?
Keyboards, furniture, moisture, sun and tuning: what a technician wants you to know so that your acoustic or digital piano will last and sound good for years.
Read articleHow to choose your first electrical bass?
A 4-string bass, comfortable with your hand, and a small amplifier are all you need to start with. We explain what to check before you buy.
Read articleHow to choose your first saxophone? What to check before buying
The first saxophone is most often a high. We tell you what to bring, what to buy and what to check with a used one to avoid bringing a problem home.
Read articleHow to choose your first trombone? Rod, size and rotor
A tenor trombone with a soft stick is the best way to start. We help you decide if you need a rotor and check a new or used trombone.
Read articleHow to choose your first electrical guitar and its amplifier?
The electrical system is a guitar, cable and amplifier system. What to look at each, what to prove before to pay and why pedal can wait for.
Read articleHow to choose your first trumpet? What you have to check
A trumple in Si bemol with pistons that flow and have no pounding at the tudel is what you need to start with. We explain how to review it, new or used.
Read articleHow to choose a tiple or a bandola? What to check earlier
A tiple or a well-calibrated bandola will play with far less force. We have something to review with a new instrument, from luthier or inherited.
Read articleHow to save your instruments with the climate of Colombia?
The wood, leather, stickers and slippers react to the climate. How to save your instrument at Bogotá, at the coast, on hot ground and as you travel.
Read articleHow to clear a saxophone after you play?
Five minutes after every practice they avoid sticky slippers, bad odors and unnecessary visits to the technician. That's how a step by step saxophone is cleaned.
Read articleHow to clear a trombone and care for the stick?
The stick is the heart of the trombone and its most fragile part as well. Thus, it lights up and purifies itself from the inside and protects itself from pounding while assembling and transport.
Read articleHow to clear a sweet flute of plastic or wood?
Plastic washing with warm water and wood washing never gets wet. How to clear each, protect the channel and bezel and what to do if it sounds with air.
Read articleHow to clear a trumpet at home?
Oat pistons, grease bombs and give them a complete bath every while keeps the trumpet tipsy and tuned. That's how we do it, and this's what you never have to wear.
Read articleHow to clear and care for a clarinet?
Gebbillion, nozzle, rods, cork fat and high risk of wood: cracks. All you need to have your clarinet sound good and last.
Read articleHow to clear and care for a violin (and a viola)?
Resine, bow, bridge, soul and moisture: what your violin teacher expects you to do after every practice, every week and every year. Apply equally to viola.
Read articleHow to clear and care for a naughty flute?
Two minutes with the stick after playing and a good arm avoid most damage. Cleaner guide, slippers, cork and technical review.
Read articleHow to clear and care for an acoustic or classical guitar?
A minute after playing, a thorough cleanup as you change strings and eye with moisture: so you care for a nylon or metal guitar and so you know how to get to the luthier.
Read articleHow to clear and care for an electrical guitar?
Body, scattering, tablets, scattering potentiometers, wires and amplifier: how to care for your electrical at home and when to leave work to the luthier.
Read articleNew or used instrument? What to check before buying
A used instrument can be a great purchase if you know what to look at. Here's a checklist for families and the signs that should make you mistrust.
Read articleWhat mike to buy for singing at home?
A dynamic microphone with an interface and closed hearing aids are more useful to be singing at home. We explain how best to have a capacitor.
Read articleWhat violin size do you need? How to choose first
The size of the violin is chosen by measuring his arm, but not by age. A table of sizes, how to confirm with the violin in his hand and what to check before you pay.
Read articleRods for clarinet and saxophone: what toughness to choose?
A 2 ½ isn't the same for all manufacturers and a tougher cane isn't better. How to read the hardness, what changes with the cut and when it's best to get up or down.
Read articleHow to choose your first clarinet and its rods
If bemol, resin or wood, nozzle, clamp and rods: what your first clarinet needs to sound good and what to check before you pay, new or used.
Read articleHow to choose your first piano or keyboard: purchase guide
Acoustic, digital or keyboard: What specifications really matter to learn piano, what to have at the store and what to check if you buy them used.
Read articleHow to choose your first cello: size, arch and cover
The size of the cello will be tested sitting and with the pica adjusted. What to check with instrument and arch, how to move and how to rent rather than buy.
Read articleHow to choose your first naughty flute
Closed keys, moved Sun, Do foot and sewer shoes: the most comfortable setting to learn, and when a curved head makes sense.
Read articleHow to choose your first acoustic or classical guitar
Nylon or metal, the right size for every age and height of the strings: what defines if the first months with the guitar are enjoyed or suffered.
Read articleHow to choose a backpack to start with: sizes and types
The 3 / 4 is the standard adult size and lamination, the ally of the beginner. What to check, how to adjust the height of strings and how to solve transport.
Read articleHow to choose a sweet flute: Baroque or German, soprano or contrast
They all look the same, but digitation, size and material change how they sound and how easy it's to learn. What to ask at school before buying.
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