Agree with the other commenters. My wife and I are so happy that we booked a string trio from ESQ…read morefor our wedding and reception. Throughout the experience from start to finish, Ray was courteous, helpful, and professional, as we made plans. The music was beautiful and they were highly in tune with the mix of classical and modern that we were looking for. We heard so many compliments -- a real class act. They were also pros adapting to the space and working with everyone who was running around making things happen. We can not recommend them enough!

We had ESQ come play the ceremony music for our wedding, and they were amazing! They have a great…read morerepertoire and played modern songs as well as classics. They were very professional and extremely responsive. They were so helpful with the wedding planning process. I highly recommend them!

Even though they sing beautifully, I have to give them a bad review. To whoever hires them, please…read morebe aware of pricing. My husband and I hired them for our wedding and we agreed on a price, however the day of the wedding, we directed a family member to handle the band's payment and to our surprise they charged more than agreed and since our family member had no idea what price we agreed on he paid them the inflated amount. Also, my husband provided the person in charge of this band with a list of songs we wanted played during our wedding. The band played ONE song from this list. Lastly, as they finished they went around and handed business cards to our guests, at a wedding. Very unprofessional and dishonest in my opinion. I will not be hiring them or recommending them.

I would not recommend this company. The teenager working our event didn't seem like he wanted to…read morebe there and got into an argument with another photo booth employee. ( A guest told me). The photo strips didn't have the date of our wedding , it only said 2015. There was no back drop (my maid of honor was told the backdrop would match the design on my shower invitation )or anything fancy on the picture. Literally just a white backdrop with a white piece of paper with the pictures and the year( not wedding date) and our names. We told the kid working the booth to leave the book with our things to be picked up the next day so we could get it and he did not do that. I recommend using a different company!

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Honest reliable service at a fair price . I highly recommend Ron Meersand the owner , he's a…read moreskilled technician of the highest caliber......gonna have him build me an amp soon .

I brought in an Ampeg SVT CL that was about 17 years old and was breaking up horribly when I played…read moreit. Ron knew exactly what it needed and got it done quickly. Ron is super friendly and very, very reasonable when it comes to pricing. He knows everything there is to know about electronic music equipment. He will shoot you straight and not try to scam you. This guy is in it to help out musicians in need and not just to make a profit. I highly recommend giving him your business.

I wish I could give more than 5 stars. Their voices are absolutely angelic and they could not have…read morebeen more perfect. Communication with Jennifer was friendly, seamless, and so easy, and the carolers showed up right at the scheduled time. I cannot say enough; an absolutely perfect experience from start to finish. Thank you so much.

We have used Old Towne Carolers twice for our corporate Christmas Party. They are amazing…read moremusicians, and very professional. Both times we were extremely satisfied. I would recommend them over and over again.

Our daughter is in middle school and has been studying with Michael for a few years now. He has…read moredone wonders with her tone and technique. He spent considerable time early on teaching her proper bowing, all the little important details she would never get at school that make a world of difference in sound and volume. At every school concert, her sound stands out above the rest of the violin section. Michael introduces more complex items such as vibrato, trills, shifting, etc., progressively, with exercises that build up towards the skill. Difficult pieces he breaks down for her to understand, and as needed he introduces the relevant music theory. Michael has worked with her on a number of exercises to increase finger speed, which have made her able to take on more challenging studies. One thing Michael has done that is helpful is to have her go back to an old piece she studied months ago. Revisiting a piece she previously struggled with, and now playing it fluently, he is able to show her how she has progressed, and she lights up seeing how she has improved.

Michael is a phenomenal teacher and musician. Within five minutes of meeting Michael Strauss at…read moreThe Conservatory in Doylestown where my son was about to take a trial violin lesson, I could tell Michael was someone who understood kids. He sized up my son's personality with uncanny accuracy; when I asked Michael if I should stay for the trial lesson, Michael turned to my son and asked, "How old are you, Nick?" After Nick answered, Michael turned back to me and said, "Yes, you should stay. He's a young 13-year-old," and he was right. Michael was also right about my daughter, who joined us halfway through the lesson. Though she hadn't said anything but hello, at the end of the lesson, Michael told her that she was mature beyond her years -- and again, he was right. Surprising to me as it was that day, Michael's strikingly perceptive instinct became only more apparent and more surprising. At Michael's suggestion, I have joined him and Nick for every lesson for the last year and a half. Though Nick is more mature than he was when he first started playing violin, I have continued to join the two of them simply because it is an unparalleled treat to watch Michael work his magic with Nick and to watch Nick respond. Nick started as a remedial violin player and has progressed into an intermediate, and at times, an advanced student because Michael's methods work. Michael is gifted, and Nick knows that. At times on our way home from a lesson, Nick will ask me to repeat some of Michael's wise words that really struck Nick. At times, Nick and I discuss how apparent it is that Michael isn't just an incredibly talented violinist and violist, but how lucky we are to benefit from Michael's pure intellect and insight. Though I had spoken to Nick on many occasions about being mindful or about his posture, it wasn't until Michael had gotten through to Nick on ideas like these that Nick will ask me, "How does my head seem right now?", which is a Michael-ism about Nick's focus and posture. Michael is inspiring to Nick as a musician and as an adult. Michael's art is not only in his musicianship, but it is also in his thinking, which can be both deliberate and spontaneous, done in layers and in loops, philosophically and pragmatically, both simple and yet complex. Michael is able to perceive what Nick is doing and what he needs to do, all the while simultaneously delivering messages in ways that impact Nick very profoundly; Michael pulls from a familiarity with Science and Physics, Art and Literature, Theater, History, Music History, Math, current events and is somehow able to communicate in an amalgam of all of these modes -- and make it all make sense to a teenage brain. Michael shapes his lessons both carefully and as seamlessly as involuntary reflexes. Michael observes. He hears and sees what's happening with Nick and then pulls from an extensive palette of study and wisdom as well as from his teaching and his life experiences. Where he goes and what he weaves together in the course of a one hour lesson is a wonder, but a purposeful and powerful one. Michael is amazingly well-read, but what's more amazing is the command he has over what he has read and his ability to use so deftly all of what he knows and knows about people in order to craft a meaningful and mindful message that makes sense to his students. Two of Michael's other students are classmates of my son and my daughter. Their parents and I have spoken about our respect for Michael and the way he works with his students. Michael is a life-long learner. He puts my son at ease, partly because he can so evidently relate to anyone who is eager to keep learning. Michael is not just a teacher or a professional musician. Michael is a Renaissance Man who inspires those of us fortunate to witness his brilliance. He is an artist who knows people and knows how to connect -- not just with them but how to connect them to the way they need to think in order to be the best they can. Michael is influential, and it is a pleasure to watch his art unfold and be reflected in Nick. Michael is a role model for Nick, and Nick has chosen very wisely to look to Michael for guidance about music and about how a consistent adult behaves. As a 30-year veteran of teaching in a public high school, I appreciate Michael's many indisputable and impressive talents.

THIEVERY BY CUNNINGHAM PIANO COMPANY OF PHILADELPIA: ORIGINAL ESTONIA PIANO RENNER ACTION BLUE…read morePOINT HAMMER WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A CHEAP ACTION I bought an original Estonia Piano from Gary Dawkins 610.585.8598 representing the 7th day adventist church of Philadelpia who owned the piano. During the delivery process, the piano was HIJACKED BY GALASSINI WITHOUT MY PERMISSION AND HAVE TO PAY RICH AN EXTRA $700. EARLIER I ALREADY HIRED A MOVER TO TRANSFER IT TO MY PLACE IN CALIFORNIA DIRECTLY AND NEVER HIRED GALASSINI TO TAKE THE PIANO TO HIS FACTORY. It took about 3 weeks before the delivery was started, not knowing that Rich Galassini was replacing the original Renner action & was being replaced with a cheaper action. I found in google that the piano company was selling the Renner action was sold to another client. I was happy at first when I received my Estonia Concert Grand with Serial # 7476 in September 2016 even without the bench that was promised in the contract with Gary Dawkins. Later, I found out that the ORIGINAL ESTONIA PIANO RENNER ACTION BLUE POINT HAMMER WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A CHEAP ACTION before delivery to my residence in El Dorado Hills, CA. I wrote a separate letter to the Estonia Factory to confirm the maker's original factory specification of the action. Please explain why the discrepancy, as this piano is not a true Estonia Concert Grand anymore. Give me a resolution to this problem to save everybody's reputations. I like to have a resolution to this theft and breach of contract. THEN HE LIED AGAIN ABOUT SENDING A PIANO TECHNICIAN TO MY PLACE IN CALIFORNIA, I NEVER SAW ANYBODY REPRESENTING RICH AS A PIANO TECHNICIAN. I AM A RETIRED 80 YEARS OLD PROFESSIONAL CHEMICAL & CIVIL ENGINEER WORKED WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR 38 YEARS. I SWEAR THAT ALL MY STATEMENTS ABOVE ARE TRUE, THAT THIS COMPANY SHOULD NOT BE TRUSTED. READ MY BLOG BELOW, RICH UNDERESTIMATED ME, AS I HAVE 26 BLOGS WITH MORE THAN 10,000,000 VISITS AND EACH ONE OF THEM GOT A COPY OF THIS EXPERIENCE WITH THE CUNNINGHAM PIANO COMPANY OF PHILADELPIA. https://peopleus.blogspot.com/2023/08/columbus-dispatch-071308-i-just-had-to.htmlThe thievery that I experienced with the Cunningham Piano Company such as the loss of the original Estonia Renner action the missing Estonia piano bench and the $700 fee of the non authorized transfer of the piano from the church to Richard Galassini's Cunningham Piano Company, I recommend that people should stay away doing business with this company. Also any representation of the 7th Day Adventist of Philadelpia by Gary Dawkins tel# 610.585.8598 who was in collusion with the piano company should be avoided. In plain language both individuals Dawkins and Richard Galassini are thieves of the highest kind. Never do business with this piano company.

We were moving our baby grand piano on short notice this week, and Cunningham sent Mike and Virgil…read morewho quickly dismantled it, delivered it to our new address, and reassembled it quickly. They were professional and friendly, and we felt like our piano was in good hands. There was a minor snafu with the scheduling in the office (nothing to do with our crew, who were on time with the schedule we'd asked for), but otherwise everything went smoothly. We thought it would be a laborious affair posing lots of risk to the piano, but instead things went very smoothly, and everything was completed from start to finish in about two hours. Yay, Cunningham. Yay, Mike and Virgil. Total cost to move a baby grand piano about 15 miles, $315 plus tips.