FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Alabama Musical Instrument Builder Juried into Prestigious Craft Guild
Birmingham,
Alabama – November
15, 2004 – Bob Tedrow, owner of Homewood Musical Instrument Company and
maker of Tedrow Concertinas, has been inducted into the Southern Highland
Craft Guild in recognition of the contributions his concertinas have made to
both the artistic and music cultures of the Southern Highland region. The Guild
is an educational, non-profit organization serving the Appalachian mountain
regions of Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Maryland and Alabama. Since 1930, the Southern Highland Craft
Guild has worked to maintain the standards of excellence in design and
workmanship of traditional crafts taught, produced and sold in the region. Only
craftsmen who have passed a rigorous jury process are accepted as members.
Tedrow’s
concertinas are bellows driven, free-reed instruments that are replicas of
historical musical instruments originally built in the British Isles. Early
relatives of the piano accordion, these small handheld instruments were common
throughout the world by the late 1800’s.
Explorers, missionaries and travelers from the United Kingdom carried the
concertina throughout the world. Today, the concertina is commonly heard in the
performance of traditional music from England, Ireland, and the United States.
Tedrow
Concertinas, sold throughout US and Europe will now be on display at the
Southern Highland Folk Art Center located on the Blue Ridge Parkway near
Asheville, North Carolina.
Homewood
Musical Instrument Company is located in Homewood, AL, specializing in design
and building of English, Duet and Anglo concertinas. For more information please
visit http://hmi.homewood.net/.
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