Archive
- Nov. 27, 2023 - WELCOME TO THE HOLIDAYS AND A PITCH FOR BERNUNZIO UPTOWN MUSIC
- Nov. 20, 2023 - COUSINS ARE FOREVER
- Nov. 13, 2023 - ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS
- Nov. 6, 2023 - RETURNING FROM BRISTOL: THE END OF AN ERA
- Oct. 30, 2023 - BANJOS: FROM PALMYRA, NY TO BRISTOL,TN
- Oct. 23, 2023 - A COLLEGE YEARBOOK REMEMBERED
- Oct. 16, 2023 - ADIRONDACK BIRTHDAY
- Oct. 9, 2023 - 76 TROMBONES IN A BIG PARADE
- Oct. 2, 2023 - SALE AWAY BANJOS, SALE AWAY!!!
- Sept. 25, 2023 - I MUST HAVE MADE MY PARENTS CRAZY
- Sept. 18, 2023 - WORLD MUSIC AND THE GREATEST GENERATION
- Sept. 11, 2023 - FINGER LAKES RAMBLINGS
- Sept. 4, 2023 - KAJAKNE KARAMBA AND A LESSON IN KINDNESS
- Aug. 28, 2023 - OCCUPATIONS
- Aug. 21, 2023 - SOMETIMES I FEEL JADED….
- Aug. 21, 2023 - OLD FRIENDS
- Aug. 7, 2023 - OLD PEOPLE TIME (OPT)
- July 31, 2023 - JULY GIVES WAY TO AUGUST
- July 24, 2023 - IDEAS, DREAMS AND A GENTLE FAREWELL
- July 17, 2023 - A WEEK FULL OF WORK AND PLAY
- July 10, 2023 - MUSIC IS ETERNAL
- July 3, 2023 - JAZZ FEST: 20th Edition
- June 26, 2023 - LIVING A "JAZZ” LIFE
- June 19, 2023 - SALE/JAZZFEST/PRIDETEENTH/MAKE MUSIC
- June 12, 2023 - OUR GREATEST SALE STARTS TODAY!
- June 5, 2023 - ESTHETICIANS, BANJOS AND BABIES
- May 29, 2023 - SENTENCED TO COMMUTE
- May 22, 2023 - THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS
- May 15, 2023 - GETTING DOWN AND DIRTY
- May 8, 2023 - SCENES FROM THE STORE AND MORE
- May 1, 2023 - THE AMERICAN BANJO FRATERNITY
- April 24, 2023 - BACK TO WORK, AND LOVING IT.
- April 17, 2023 - BIG CHANGES AHEAD
- April 10, 2023 - A SENSE OF SACREDNESS
- April 3, 2023 - THIS DAWG IS NO PUPPY!
- March 27, 2023 - MUSIC IS GRACE IN THE POST-PANDEMIC AGE
- March 20, 2023 - SPRING HAS SPRUNG
- March 13, 2023 - THE REVEREND JOHNNY B’s GOODS.…
- March 6, 2023 - MY WORLD WOULD BE DIMINISHED
- Feb. 27, 2023 - TALKIN’ ABOUT MY GENERATION …1947
- Feb. 20, 2023 - I’VE SAID IT BEFORE: SELLING IS TEACHING
- Feb. 13, 2023 - IN DEFENSE OF OLD PEOPLE
- Feb. 6, 2023 - REOPENING THE STORE!
- Jan. 30, 2023 - NEW STORE HOURS!!
- Jan. 23, 2023 - THE BASEMENT TAPES
- Jan. 16, 2023 - OLD FRIENDS: JIM SPAMPINATO
- Jan. 9, 2023 - OH NO……BUFFALO!
- Jan. 2, 2023 - HAPPY NEW YEAR AND SOME EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Dec. 26, 2022 - MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE BERNUNZIO FAMILY
- Dec. 19, 2022 - CUCCIDARI
- Dec. 12, 2022 - BACK TO WORK!
- Dec. 5, 2022 - ANNUAL SALE!
- Nov. 28, 2022 - HOLIDAY SHOPPING: BRING IT ON!
- Nov. 21, 2022 - IT’S ALL ABOUT THE DRESSING
- Nov. 14, 2022 - INVESTMENTS AND DIVIDENDS
- Nov. 7, 2022 - BEHIND JOHN’S CORNER
- Oct. 31, 2022 - HAPPY HALLOWEEN
- Oct. 24, 2022 - AUTUMN LEAVES A GREAT HARVEST
- Oct. 17, 2022 - TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING!
- Oct. 10, 2022 - JB’S DREAM
- Oct. 3, 2022 - RECOLLECTIONS AND RECUPERATION
- Sept. 26, 2022 - INSTITUTIONS AND HOME
- Sept. 19, 2022 - REHABILITATION and RECONCILIATION
- Sept. 12, 2022 - RECUPERATING!!
- Sept. 5, 2022 - SURGERY SCHEDULED
- Aug. 29, 2022 - STUDENT DEBT: WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND
- Aug. 22, 2022 - CLOUDS GET IN THE WAY
- Aug. 15, 2022 - BENJAMIN:REDUX
- Aug. 8, 2022 - TWO ROADS DIVERGED AND NOW CONVERGED
- Aug. 1, 2022 - WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS!
- July 25, 2022 - IT’S SUMMER…BE COOL
- July 18, 2022 - VACATION WEEK IN BRANCHPORT AND THOUGHTS ON EASTMAN STRINGS
- July 11, 2022 - IN PURSUIT OF BLUE RIBBONS
- July 4, 2022 - THEM DREAMS ARE ONLY IN YOUR HEAD
- June 27, 2022 - WALK, DON’T RUN
- June 20, 2022 - ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2022
- June 13, 2022 - Photo Essay:AROUND PENN YAN AND MORE
- June 6, 2022 - A SMALL WEDDING AND A GIANT SALE
- May 30, 2022 - Memorial DAY: USING TRAGEDIES FOR POLITICAL GAINS
- May 23, 2022 - DAUGHTERS ARE FOREVER
- May 16, 2022 - STALKING THE WILD CARDOON
- May 9, 2022 - THE AMERICAN BANJO FRATERNITY
- May 2, 2022 - RETURN TO AMERICA
- April 25, 2022 - SICILY: WEEK TWO, THE EASTER MIRACLE
- April 18, 2022 - WEEK ONE IN SICILY: A FAMILY FEAST
- April 11, 2022 - HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AND A TRIP TO SICILY
- April 4, 2022 - THE CAMPBELL BROTHERS
- March 28, 2022 - SOME THOUGHTS ON THE STORE
- March 21, 2022 - THE VERNAL EQUINOX
- March 14, 2022 - MASTERS OF WAR
- March 7, 2022 - LANGUAGE AS A WORLD VIEW
- Feb. 28, 2022 - BACK TO THE FUTURE: THOUGHTS ON WAR
- Feb. 21, 2022 - THE GREATEST BANJO STORY EVER TOLD
- Feb. 14, 2022 - THE MEASURE OF SUCCESS
- Feb. 7, 2022 - ON BREAD, THE OLD BAKERY AND A VENDETTA
- Jan. 31, 2022 - CAR TROUBLES
- Jan. 24, 2022 - DAD, WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO?
- Jan. 17, 2022 - THE "ROCHESTER” BANJO
- Jan. 10, 2022 - A TRIP TO CARNEGIE HALL
- Jan. 3, 2022 - COVID!
- Dec. 27, 2021 - LEGAL SALE OF CANNABIS PRODUCTS WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF PY
- Dec. 20, 2021 - THE COMMON THEME IN ALL OF THE HOLIDAY TALES FROM DICKENS TO SEUSS
- Dec. 13, 2021 - MARTIN STYLE 45-S AND ST. LUCY’S DAY
- Dec. 6, 2021 - MOM’S BIRTHDAY/ ST. NICK
- Nov. 29, 2021 - 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BANJO LIFE/ BILL BURKE
- Nov. 22, 2021 - "JOHN’S CORNER" HAS BEEN MY OWN FRONT PORCH
- Nov. 15, 2021 - UPTOWN MUSIC BE CALLED "CHURCH" REPEAT OF LAST YEAR’S NEWSLETTER
- Nov. 8, 2021 - BANJO GATHERING: COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG
- Nov. 1, 2021 - ALL SAINTS DAY, Banjo Gathering in Colonial Williamsburg
- Oct. 25, 2021 - JAFFE AND MARTHA/ CURTIS ELECTRIC
- Oct. 18, 2021 - HISTORICAL TREK OF JEMIMA WILKINSON/ AJVAR PIZZA
- Oct. 11, 2021 - MY BIRTHDAY AND REED MARTIN
- Oct. 4, 2021 - BERNUNZIO‘S HAS BECOME WHAT THE OTHER STORES USED TO BE
- Sept. 27, 2021 - CASCADE FALLS ON THE KEUKA OUTLET TRAIL
- Sept. 20, 2021 - BANJOS AND BASEBALL
- Sept. 13, 2021 - COOKOUT IN PENN YAN WITH OUR STAFF
- Sept. 6, 2021 - AN UNCONVENTIONAL WEDDING AND A GATHERING OF SIBLING
- Aug. 30, 2021 - A TRIP TO THE COAST WITH GRACE AND PENNY
- Aug. 23, 2021 - HAROLD AND MAUDE
- Aug. 16, 2021 - PINWHEEL MARKET AND THE OUTLET TRAIL: TWO GEMS IN PY
- Aug. 9, 2021 - WINDOW WASHING
- Aug. 2, 2021 - OLD MAN SHUFFLE…LIFE IS A RACE
- July 26, 2021 - SCARLETT ELIZABETH BERNUNZIO
- July 19, 2021 - MEMORIES OF A MOTORCYCLE MISHAP
- July 12, 2021 - RON ANTHONY D’ANGELICO EXCELL
- July 5, 2021 - REMEMBERING LEO CRANDALL
- June 28, 2021 - DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY WEED?
- June 21, 2021 - BACK IN THE STORE
- June 14, 2021 - GRANDCHILDREN ARE THE DIVIDENDS; BABYSITTING ROCCO
- June 7, 2021 - WELCOME OLIVE AND SCARLET
- May 31, 2021 - BACK IN THE STORE AND A VISIT FROM DAKOTA DAVE
- May 24, 2021 - GRACE’S BIRTHDAY
- May 17, 2021 - BUFFALO GUITAR EXHIBIT
- May 10, 2021 - MOTHER’S DAY: A TRIBUTE TO MY MOM
- May 3, 2021 - VACCINATION DISCUSSION AND SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
- April 26, 2021 - ON THE COST OF COLLEGE EDUCATION
- April 19, 2021 - LELAND MANDO-GUITAR BRILLIANTONE
- April 12, 2021 - ANNIVERSARY DINNER AND TYLER WESCOTT
- April 5, 2021 - DOPE ERA BANJO
- March 29, 2021 - SAUCE AND BRACIOLE RECIPE
- March 22, 2021 - PASSION IS WHAT DRIVES THE BUSINESS
- March 15, 2021 - DRIVING MY MOBILITY CART AROUND PENN YAN
- March 8, 2021 - SURGEON VERSUS PHYSICAL THERAPIST
- March 1, 2021 - GRAMPA PATSY REMEMBERED
- Feb. 22, 2021 - ED BRITT REMEMBERED
- Feb. 15, 2021 - MEMORIES OF OLD INSTRUMENTS FROM PICTURES
- Feb. 8, 2021 - FIRST DAY BACK AT THE STORE
- Feb. 1, 2021 - RECOVERING FROM KNEE SURGERY
- Jan. 25, 2021 - STAFF AT THE STORE
- Jan. 18, 2021 - AFTER KNEE SURGERY SURGERY
- Jan. 11, 2021 - MAKING SAUCE AND CAPITOL RIOTS
- Jan. 4, 2021 - HAPPY NEW YEAR IN THE NEW HOUSE
- Dec. 28, 2020 - SURVIVING THE PANDEMIC
- Dec. 21, 2020 - PICTURES FROM THE PAST/ REMEMBERING MICHE FAMBRO
- Dec. 14, 2020 - WE FIX THINGS …A NEW HOUSE
- Dec. 7, 2020 - NEWSLETTER Moving day/ store for sale
- Nov. 30, 2020 - SUNNEE REMEMBERED
- Nov. 23, 2020 - ON COLLECTING
- Nov. 16, 2020 - IS RETAIL DEAD?
- Nov. 9, 2020 - JAY’S BIRTHDAY AND THE MELTING POT
- Nov. 2, 2020 - A MANDOLIN STORY AND AN EMOTIONAL VISIT FROM THE DISTANT PAST 😢
- Oct. 26, 2020 - UPCOMING ELECTION
- Oct. 19, 2020 - LEE KEENER BACON SILVER BELL BANJO
- Oct. 12, 2020 - MY BIRTHDAY
- Oct. 5, 2020 - MORE ON THE BIG MOVE
- Sept. 28, 2020 - MOVE TO PENN YAN
- Sept. 21, 2020 - FR. JOHN LOWE S. J. MY TEACHER
- Sept. 14, 2020 - DANIEL PRUDE BLM
- Sept. 7, 2020 - ROAD TRIP AND BANJO PURCHASES
- Aug. 31, 2020 - BUBBA’S BANJO
- Aug. 24, 2020 - JULIE’S UKULELE SOCIAL
- Aug. 17, 2020 - BENJAMIN’S BIRTHDAY
- Aug. 10, 2020 - EBAY AND FISHING
- Aug. 3, 2020 - "TWO ROADS DIVERGED IN A YELLOW WOOD AND SORRY I COULD NOT TRAVEL BOTH...."
- July 27, 2020 - HAMMONDSPORT, NY AND PANDEMIC THOUGHTS
- July 20, 2020 - THE EASTMAN BANJO
- July 13, 2020 - WEIGHT LOSS
- July 6, 2020 - SUMMER SCENES
- June 29, 2020 - BRANCHPORT NY
- June 22, 2020 - BLACK LIVE MATTER
- June 15, 2020 - LIFE CRISIS, PANIC AND THE BENEFITS OF A PANDEMIC IN MODERN TIMES
- June 8, 2020 - AFTER BACK SURGERY: A NOTE FROM JULIE
- June 1, 2020 - RIOTS IN THE STREET
- May 25, 2020 - A COLLECTION OF CHILDREN. GRACE’S BIRTHDAY
- May 18, 2020 - PANDEMIC BUSINESS RULES MORE EBAY
- May 11, 2020 - The F Word: Bernunzio Uptown Music is still strumming: AN ESSAY BY FRANK DEBLASE
- May 4, 2020 - HIGHLAND PARK, BOUCHER BANJO STORY
- April 27, 2020 - MORE EBAY
- April 20, 2020 - SCOTT FREILICH RIP
- April 13, 2020 - NOTES ON THE LOCKDOWN
- April 6, 2020 - EBAY CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
- March 30, 2020 - EARLY RETURN FROM EUROPEAN VACATION
- March 23, 2020 - IN HOLLAND
- March 16, 2020 - PANDEMIC BEGINS/TRAVEL TO HOLLAND
- March 2, 2020 - CAPSTONE PROJECT
- Feb. 24, 2020 - I DON’T GO BOWLING
- Feb. 17, 2020 - BANJO LEGEND Mac Benford REMEMBERED
- Feb. 3, 2020 - REMEMBERING REUBEN REUBENS BANJO COLLECTOR
- Jan. 27, 2020 - THOUGHTS ON RUNNING THE BUSINESS AND TEACHING
- Jan. 20, 2020 - THOUGHTS ON ART
- Jan. 13, 2020 - MORE ON COLLECTING
- Jan. 6, 2020 - REFLECTING ON THE VINTAGE INSTRUMENT MARKET
- Dec. 30, 2019 - Sale ends /Christmas memories
- Dec. 23, 2019 - NEWSLETTER. The ghost of Christmas past
- Dec. 16, 2019 - STEVE GREENE AND NOTES FROM THE STORE
- Dec. 9, 2019 - THOUGHTS ON EDUCATION
- Dec. 2, 2019 - THANKSGIVING 2019
- Nov. 25, 2019 - MANDOLIN LOVE
- Nov. 18, 2019 - JOE DADY TRIBUTE
- Nov. 11, 2019 - FALL INSTRUMENT ROUNDUP
- Nov. 4, 2019 - MARTIN GUITAR FACTORY MUSEUM TOUR
- Oct. 28, 2019 - FLOWER CITY UKULELE FESTIVAL
- Oct. 21, 2019 - NEWSLETTER return from Holland
- Oct. 14, 2019 - AN AFTERNOON IN AMSTERDAM WITH Soren Venema
- Oct. 7, 2019 - MEMORIES OF THE HAGUE/ COLLECTING INSTRUMENTS AND ANTIQUES
- Sept. 30, 2019 - NEWSLETTER FROM HOLLAND
- Sept. 23, 2019 - JOHN COHEN TRIBUTE/OFF TO HOLLAND
- Sept. 16, 2019 - BECOMING A MUSIC INSTRUMENT DEALER
- Sept. 9, 2019 - SEPTEMBER VINTAGE INSTRUMENT ROUNDUP
- Sept. 2, 2019 - LABOR DAY
- Aug. 26, 2019 - THE BANJO AND SLAVERY
- Aug. 19, 2019 - FISHING AND GUITARS
- Aug. 12, 2019 - JAY SCOTT: NUTTY GUITAR GUY
- Aug. 5, 2019 - MASS SHOOTINGS
- July 29, 2019 - INSTRUMENT COLLECTIONS ARRIVING
- July 22, 2019 - MICHELLE‘S WEDDING
- July 15, 2019 - RETURNING FROM SICILY
- July 8, 2019 - SICILY VACATION WEEK TWO
- July 1, 2019 - SICILY VACATION: A FAMILY REUNION
- June 24, 2019 - JAZZ FEST: 2019
- June 17, 2019 - SUMMER SALE: FATHER’S DAY
- June 10, 2019 - MAKE MUSIC DAY AND CRUISES ON THE ERIE CANAL
- June 3, 2019 - VALUE OF INSTRUMENTS/ THE TSUMURA COLLECTION
- May 27, 2019 - MEMORIAL DAY REDUX; JOE DAY DEPARTS THE STAGE
- May 20, 2019 - John’s Corner May 20th, 2019
- May 13, 2019 - LILAC FESTIVAL 2019
- May 6, 2019 - MAY 6, 2019 RETURN FROM THE NETHERLANDS
- April 29, 2019 - A RETURN TO THE NETHERLANDS
- April 22, 2019 - EASTER AND SMIGUS DAY 2019
- April 15, 2019 - TAX DAY
- April 8, 2019 - BUYING A COLLECTION OF FINE INSTRUMENTS
- April 1, 2019 - John’s Corner April 1, 2019 concerts Blue Ridge ramblers benny Bleu
- March 25, 2019 - Gibson Mandolins nomenclature THEORY
- March 18, 2019 - ROSE’S birthday /Saint Kitts story
- March 11, 2019 - John's Corner March 11th 2019 Folkus Michelle Younger
- March 4, 2019 - A 1953 GIBSON GOLD TOP/ AND WEIGHT LOSS STRATEGY
- Feb. 25, 2019 - FENDER’S PAISLEY TELECASTE
- Feb. 18, 2019 - PRESIDENT’S WEEK AND SOME VERY EARLY BANJOS
- Feb. 11, 2019 - CONTROVERSIAL STATUE AT BERNUNZIO’S
- Feb. 4, 2019 - CATCHING UP WITH OLD FRIENDS
- Jan. 28, 2019 - ON COLLECTING
- Jan. 21, 2019 - STEWART PICCOLO BANJO
- Jan. 14, 2019 - MANDOLIN REMINISCING
- Jan. 7, 2019 - A PALLET OF STEWART BANJOS
- Dec. 31, 2018 - REFLECTIONS ON THE YEAR
- Dec. 24, 2018 - CHRISTMAS EVE, 2018
- Dec. 17, 2018 - A CHRISTMAS CARD TO REMEMBER
- Dec. 10, 2018 - MS. MILLER BRINGS HER STUDENTS TO THE STORE
- Dec. 3, 2018 - NORMA: MY FIRST LOVE…SO LONG AGO
- Nov. 26, 2018 - THE LOWLY UKULELE BANJO
- Nov. 19, 2018 - John's Corner November 19th, 2018
- Nov. 12, 2018 - VETERANS DAY AND JAY’S BIRTHDAY
- Nov. 5, 2018 - BANJO GATHERING IN BRISTOL VA/TN
- Oct. 29, 2018 - BANJO THOUGHTS BEFORE THE GATHERING
- Oct. 22, 2018 - JOHN ELLISON: MR. SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL
- Oct. 15, 2018 - JOHN'S CORNER: ANOTHER BIRTHDAY
- Oct. 8, 2018 - ALL ABOUT UKULELES
- Oct. 1, 2018 - MICHELLE YOUNGER: PROFESSIONAL BANJOIST
- Sept. 24, 2018 - KEUKA LAKE RETREAT
- Sept. 17, 2018 - NORTHEASTERN TOUR CONCLUDES
- Sept. 10, 2018 - THE SOLO TRIP CONTINUES: A VISIT WITH DAVE NICHOLS/ AND A PLANE RIDE ON LONG LAKE
- Sept. 3, 2018 - SOLO TRIP TO BLACK LAKE
- Aug. 27, 2018 - REMODELING GRAND AVe: JULIE THE CONTRACTOR
- Aug. 20, 2018 - VICTORIA DENG: A FRIEND FROM SOUTH SUDAN
- Aug. 13, 2018 - PUNCH BROTHERS CONCERT
- Aug. 6, 2018 - MOVE TO GRAND AVE
- July 30, 2018 - GIBSON TB-7 PURCHASED IN THE NORTH COUNTRY
- July 23, 2018 - ROSE’S WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT
- July 16, 2018 - ALLFRETS CONVENTION BUFFALO. NY
- July 9, 2018 - STAFF PROFILES AND PICTURES
- July 2, 2018 - SCENES FROM JAZZ FEST…JAY SCOTT
- June 25, 2018 - JAZZ FEST AND SALE
- June 18, 2018 - JAZZ FEST GIANT SALE
- June 11, 2018 - MAKE MUSIC DAY
- June 4, 2018 - JUNE IS JAZZ MONTH
- May 28, 2018 - MEMORIAL DAY 2018
- May 21, 2018 - BERNUNZIO FAMILY BANJO RETURNS HOME
- May 14, 2018 - JOHN AND JULIE’S BANJO ROUNDUP
- May 7, 2018 - THE BERNUNZIO'S HEAD TO THE EAST COAST IN SEARCH OF INSTRUMENTS
- April 30, 2018 - THE FIRST JOHN’S CORNER: JULIE’S BIRTHDAY