Catch Charlie being interviewed for Italian TV!

check out http://youtu.be/Dl2owDajccg
GO to 3.15 minutes in and catch Charlie being interviewed for Italian TV. Lots of lovely shots of Violins and instruments too :)
Great program - lovely to be part of it!

Bring your battered old black case....

...back to life! A very limited amount in stock - colourful, strong violin case covers with recievers for rucksack style straps that will fit almost any standard uncovered black case. Transform that boring old black or cover that battered exterior! * (straps not included, straps can be bought in any luggage shop)

Karl Hofner Cello Oufits!!

Limited Special Offer! unprecedented value in cello outfits.... Karl Hofner of Germany student Cello outfits Available in sizes 16th to 3/4 1/16th, 1/8th and 1/4 th €420 3/4 and 1/2 €480 Fully set up, excellent value for students from a trusted maker. Call 01- 4781773 or email charlesbyrne@ireland.com to check availability of sizes; call into the shop to see these great instruments.

Electic Violin Outfit - special offer

Electric Violin, Bow and Case - only €295 ! With Pirastro Chromcor strings, Volume and treble control, boxwood tailpiece and chinrest.



VERY limited stock, great sound but extremely affordable.

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New Ukuleles!

New in :

Korala Soprano Ukulele, solid mahogany top natural wood, €99.95 and Korala Tenor Ukulele Electro Acoustic with solid Mahogany, and die cast tuners €169.959 - fresh in and both come with the excellent Aquila strings! Really excellent quality with a lovely tone, definitely ones to look at....

http://www.charlesbyrne.com

Happy New Year (belated)

Well an exciting start to the New Year - we had almost a week off because of the snow (how long ago does that seem? hard to believe it was only a couple of weeks ago I was looking out at three feet of snow and chanting "snow day!") and then since getting back in we have had a busy couple of weeks. Including one memorable day where the lights all went out and we sat in the dark and froze for 2 hours til it got fixed. Then it blew again and we sat for another two hours, in the dark, and it finally got properly fixed. Very exciting stuff.

So what have we in store for 2010? well hopefully lots of news on concerts and mucisal events. Starting with an excellent Classical Music concert!

Sunday 31st January - National Gallery of Ireland
Moya O'Grady Cello
David O'Doherty Violin
Catherine Lemoni Piano
Geraldine O'Doherty Harp
plus guests.

Customers who have bought the excellent Fugato CD by the same performers will not want to miss this. ADM €10 (conc €7)

Hope you are all having an excellent new year so far. With a bit of luck we'll see signs of Sping soon, considering February 1st is just a few days away - til then, have a great weekend and check out the concert above!

Brunswick Acoustic Guitars!

Excellent Value Acoustic Guitars - Natural, Sunburst and Black available. Were €120 - now only €110. Ideal for beginners, at a great price, these guitars have a pleasant sound and easy action, making learning a lot easier.

While Stocks Last!

Richwood Electric Acoustic Guitar Special!

Christmas Special!


Richwood Electric Acoustic Cutaway Guitar €250
WITH
Intune Electronic Clip Tuner, Padded Cover,DVD, Strap, Lead
AND
GLX Acoustic Guitar Amp!
(15W-6” Speaker-headhones-chor+delay)

All for only €250 ! ideal for the beginner to intermediate player looking for a little more for their money. Everything you need to get started, including an amp for home use.

Late Opening Thursday!

Christmas Opening Hours -
We're delighted to announce that for the first time ever, Charles Byrne Musik Ins will be open late on Thursday nights for Xmas. We'll be here until 7pm on Thursday 10th and 17th. On Saturday 12th and 19th we will be open until 6pm, and on Monday 21st we will be open from 9.s0 am to 5.30 pm.
(if looking for an instrument please remember that the last opportunity for viewing instruments is 30 mins before closing.)

We hope these amended opening hours will be of convenience to our customers- you asked, we listened :)


Usual Opening Hours Tuesday to Friday 9-5.30 Saturday 9.30 - 5
Christmas :
THURSDAY
December 10th & 17thOpen 9am to 7 pm
SATURDAY
December 12th & 19th Open 9.30am til 6pm
MONDAY
December 21st Open 9.30 to 5.30

Christmas Holiday
Closed 25th December Reopen January 5th

Glockenspiel! (I love that word)

Back in Stock, the dotey Glockenspiel in blue case only €25. An ideal gift for any child, with a lovely clear bell-like sound.

Christmas Cards!

Don't just buy any old Christmas card - buy a music Christmas Card! Lots of designs for every musician, unique and different.
Cards include ranges from €3.95 and €4.95 (handmade)

Steel String Guitar Packs Special for Xmas 09

Richwood steel string guitar, ideal for beginners - including padded cover, electronic tuner, DVD and strap - all for the excellent price of €129.95!

Limited stock at present, so get in early and get this great bargain!

Chopin Bags - Practical and Pretty!

Another Christmas Special for your delectation...Sturdy Lightweight shopping bags bearing the legend "The Chopin Bag" - practical and pretty and only €6.95

Only limited stock at the moment

These are the perfect size for shopping with strong handles - ideal as a gift for teachers, friends, musicians.

Christmas Specials - Novelties all in!

It's really looking like Christmas now; we have our christmas Musical gifts novelties in! And what's more we have fabulous prices on old favourites and some great new gifts.









Firstly we're delighted the be able to offer our fabulous Christmas Crackers at very special prices. Last year the original crackers, 8 per box with 8 whistles and songsheet, and conductor's set were €19.95 - this year we have them at the unbelievable price of €11.95!

The newly introduced Handbell sets of crackers - 8 crackers, each with a handbell plus hat, and a conductor's songsheet - were €29.95 . This year we have them at €21.95 - making a musical xmas dinner all the sweeter...



Other novelties in today include men's ties - in really excellent new designs including guitars, trumpets, brass, notes and treble clef and more - are now available from only €8.95 (down from €13.95)


Stocking-fillers are coming in fast and furious and we have great offers -

• NoteCracker books (small and very useful) covering Guitar Chords, Music Theory, Music Jokes & Quotes and Music Trivia each only €3.25


• Dye-cast collectable Parers - Violin, Harp, Grand Piano, Sax and Electric Guitar only €5.95


• Treble Clef shaped Drinking Straws in bright colours only €1


• Treble Clef shaped Pencils in vibrant metallic colours only €1.95


• Playing Cards in Music Designs (treble clef and sheet music) only €2.95
• Cufflinks (unboxed) in treble clef and piano keyboard only €8.95

And that's not all......watch this space!

Xmas Comes Early Special Offer: Cello Cases

Xmas Comes Early Special Offers

We'll be running lots of Xmas Comes Early Special Offers throughout November, helping to make the Christmas budget stretch a little further for all our musicians. And to start with we have a fabulous one.

Hiscox Cello cases, with wheels were 420 now €360! and without wheels were €399 now €340

While Stocks last!

We've moved servers....

You still find us at www.charlesbyrne.com but our host has changed so be sure to update your bookmarks.

We used to be hosted at geocities - now it's mysite4now.net

Support Gaelscoil Bharra & Tupelo

As heard on RTE Radio 1 this morning and also in the Dublin people - Gaelscoil Bharra in Cabra have been waiting for years for a new - or rather, proper - school to be built. As it is little children are attending lessons in prefabs and portacabins, a situation that should make any Minister of Education ashamed! Now in order to raise both funds and awareness of their plight, Gaelscoil Bharra have launched a great song - "Cá Bhfuil ár Scoil?" - and it is now available from itunes, or from Tower Records in Wicklow Street Dublin, or by texting music 4075m to 57501.

Not only is this school giving a great education to the children attending, it is also one of a number of gaelscoil keeping our national heritage and language alive. It deserves support and it deserves the basics - a safe building for instance - just like every other school. PLEASE support them by downloading the song, it's not expensive but it will make a difference.

(charlie byrne's music shop is not associated with the school or the song, in any way. We just think it's a great cause! If you do too, pass on this message and ask people to download)

Eigenharp - the Sci Fi Bassoon

Is this the future of musical instruments?

The Eigenharp is the brainchild of John Lambert, a musician and software entrepreneur, whose Devon-based team has been working on the project for eight years.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8294355.stm

This is amazing, listen to the sound!!

Come look in our window! (Douglas Hyde Galley Exhib.)

The lovely piece by Kate Maher for the Douglas Hyde Gallery exhibition The Preponderance of the Small is now officially installed in our window.

You can find us Here ; or download a map to all exhibits Here


The good camera will come out to play tomorrow and hopefully we'll get some better shots of it - the iphone camera doesn't do it justice but we're excited and can't wait to show it off :)

Preponderance of The Small Exhibition (Douglas Hyde Gallery)

Sneak Preview!


This month we're excited to be part of the Preponderance of The Small Exhibition (Douglas Hyde Gallery)
The exhibition is described as :
Preponderance of The Small, an off-site project which forms part of The Douglas Hyde Gallery's ongoing Gallery 3 initiative, features works by twenty-one younger artists working in Ireland.Each artist is exhibiting at one of twenty-one locations in and around Trinity College, creating a trail of artworks.

This is intended to give the viewer the opportunity to look anew at more familiar locations, while also highlighting spaces that are often overlooked.The title, which derives from a hexagram in the Chinese I-Ching, or Book of Changes, points to the great power and value of small things. In a rapidly changing culture, at a time when many of yesterday's monumental gestures have proved to be empty, grandiose artistic statements seem superfluous. This exhibition is intended to question how we attribute value in today's culture, and to suggest that it is in small things that we may find our way forward.

Our piece, an unititled mixed media installation by Kate Maher, is in the larger of our two windows; please feel free to come and look, and pick up a map to the other exhibits.



The exhibition has an online presence in the form of a blog which will be updated during the course of the exhibition; it can be visited at: preponderanceofthesmall.blogspot.com


Maps to the exhibits can be downloaded at http://www.douglashydegallery.com/pdf/downloadable-map.pdf