Stringed Instruments

If you feel the need to strum on a charango made in the traditional manner from an armadillo shell, the Garage can fix you right up. Tucked under the tracks near Kanda station, this shop will replace the strings on your mandolin or humidify your brittle dulcimer. They can sell you a ukulele from Maui or a lyre of Crete (which is bowed not picked). They carry Spanish guitars by Manual Rodriguez, 12-string guitars by Larrivee, 6-string models by Gretsch and Bourgeouis, and for the rocker a few Fender electrics. Does your three-year-old need a violin? Care for a violin, viola, cello, or bass? Do you yearn for a bouzouki (Greek or Italian)? Andean panpipes? A Chinese snakeskin er-hu? You know The Garage has the right attitude toward acoustic stringed instruments when you hear Jerry Garcia accompanied by a mandolin coming from the speakers.

--mjk

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