John's Corner archive
- – A VISIT TO THE ROCHESTER PUBLIC MARKET
- – REFLECTIONS ON MORTALITY
- – THE MEANING OF WORDS
- – THE BIRTHDAY MONTH CONTINUES AND SOME SAD NEWS
- – CHASING RAINBOWS, SUNSETS AND ADVENTURE: New York Times STYLE
- – OCTOBER IS MY BIRTHDAY MONTH!
- – SOMETIMES YOU DON’T NEED TO LOOK FURTHER THAN YOUR OWN BACKYARD
- – THE HARVEST IS UPON US
- – A DECISION TO STAY…
- – LABOR DAY AND A NEW MAP
- – …AND JUST LIKE THAT, SUMMER IS OVER
- – VERTIGO
- – I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO
- – SAN FRANCISCO, SUMMER OF ‘26
- – OFF TO CALIFORNIA
- – The Patron of a Happy Death
- – COUSINS ARE FOREVER REDUX
- – PICTURES FROM MY LIFE IN THE FINGER LAKES
- – A LOOK INTO THE PAST
- – THOSE AREN’T TEARS….I JUST GOT SOMETHING IN MY EYE
- – HOW MY GARDEN GROWS
- – A QUICK TOUR EASTWARD
- – A FRIEND I NEVER MET
- – JUNE….WEDDINGS, GRADUATIONS, GARDENS AND JAZZ
- – MEMORIAL DAY 2026
- – THE SUTTON STRING BAND
- – SITTING IN JOHN’S CORNER
- – A TRIP TO HOUSTON
- – A PILE OF BANJOS
- – SPRING ROUNDUP
- – IN WITH THE OLD…OUT WITH THE NEW!
- – APRIL, COME SHE WILL…
- – A FRIENDSHIP
- – BACK WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
- – WINDING DOWN OF MY SOLO TRIP
- – THE KINDNESS OF PEOPLE
- – THOUGHTS ABOUT HOME: THE ADVENTURES IN SICILY CONTINUE
- – CHANCE ENCOUNTERS: NEW FRIENDS
- – MY DAYS ARE BECOMING LIKE POETRY
- – JOHN’S CORNER February 9, 2026
- – GROUNDHOG’S DAY
- – REFLECTIONS ON COLLECTIONS
- – JOHN’S LAST STAND
- – JOHN’S RETREAT CONTINUES
- – GREETINGS FROM A VERY ”NEW” YEAR
- – I’M LEAVING…ON A JET PLANE
- – CHRISTMAS 1985
- – A VERY MUSICAL WEEK
- – GETTING IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT
- – FRIENDS FOREVER
- – A THANKSGIVING GREETING
- – STILL STANDING STRONG
- – Music Defines Your Life
- – Flower City Fall Ukulele Jamboree/SICILY UPDATE
- – THE DIVIDEND
- – HEY OLD FRIENDS, NEW FRIENDS: THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN’
- – MY PRESENTATION IN MARYLAND
- – HEADING TO BALTIMORE
- – HARVEST TIME
- – JOHN’S CORNER, A MEMORY FROM September 21, 2020
- – I’M JUST A WORKING GUY
- – BACK TO SCHOOL
- – THE ADIRONDACK PARK
- – ON VACATION: NO JOHN’S CORNER THIS WEEK
- – AND MILES TO GO
- – HOW IT ALL STARTED
- – A BUSY WEEK FOR JOHN AND JULIE
- – JOHN’S CORNER: ON THE REBOUND
- – JOHN’S CORNER JULY 14TH, 2025
- – I’LL TAKE MY RETIREMENT IN INSTALLMENTS, PLEASE
- – MUSIC IN THE FINGER LAKES: WE MUST BUILD FIRE
- – JAZZ FEST, COLLECTIONS, AND REFLECTIONS
- – HENRY SCHNEPF: SEPT 4,1934- JUNE 2, 2025
- – A DAY OF HEALING
- – GARDEN TIME!
- – DECORATION DAY: MAY 26, 2025
- – AN EXCITING EVENT
- – MOTHER’S DAY:REDUX
- – JOHN’S BUSY WEEK
- – MAINSTREAMING
- – JOHN’S CORNER APRIL 21st, 2025
- – Dr. Elias Kaufman Remembered
- – APRIL….Come She Will…
- – UPTOWN UPDATE
- – MAMMA ROSA’S BIRTHDAY!!
- – SAINT’S WEEK…
- – REMINISCING AND A NEW ADDITION
- – BRING ON SPRING AND A SPECIAL PACKAGE
- – A TOUGH GNARLY OLD BIRD
- – RETURNING TO AMERICA, ONCE AGAIN
- – THE LOVE YOU GIVE IS THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL
- – THE WEEK THAT WAS…AND THEN, A BIG SURPRISE!!
- – ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CORNER HAS TURNED
- – A LITTLE LONELY BUT YOU’RE GONNA GET USED TO IT
- – WEEK THREE OF TRAVEL ALONE
- – THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES
- – HAPPY NEW YEAR AND WE’RE OFF!
- – A HOLIDAY GREETING FROM JOHN AND JULIE
- – TRAVEL ADDENDUM
- – BOOKED!!!
- – AN INVITATION TO STARSHINE
- – JOHN’S CORNER 11/25/2024: HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
- – JOHN’S CORNER NOVEMBER 18TH, 2024
- – WHERE WE STAND
- – NOVEMBER MUSINGS
- – MANDOLIN WEEK AT UPTOWN MUSIC
- – BANJO WEEK, ALL WEEK LONG
- – AN UNCONVENTIONAL BIRTHDAY AND A MONTH OF CONVENTIONS
- – I ALWAYS LOVE OCTOBER
- – OLD FRIENDS AND NEW FRIENDS
- – THE END OF THE SEASON
- – A TASTE OF RETIRED LIFE: BUT JUST A "TASTE"
- – Making New Friends with Bluegrass
- – LABOR DAY: REMEMBER TO TIP YOUR SERVER!
- – GRANDCHILDREN ARE THE DIVIDENDS
- – BUYING COLLECTIONS
- – ROAD TRIP!!!
- – SUMMERTIME FUN
- – GRAY HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVORITE COLOR
- – THE RETURN OF RYAN YARMEL
- – A MUSICIAN’S LIFE
- – BANJOS AND BASEBALL PART TWO
- – I WAS SO MUCH OLDER THEN….I’M TOUGHER THAN THAT NOW
- – MUSIC ENVELOPES ROCHESTER
- – FINDING DINNER. JAZZ FESTIVAL STARTS. OUR SALE CONTINUES
- – A SALE….AND BEYOND THE SALE
- – SALE OF A LIFETIME
- – MEMORIAL DAY AND MORE
- – FISHING AND EDUCATION: WITH PASSION
- – JOHN’S CORNER: Medical Update
- – A PROUD FATHER AND A MESSAGE OF HOPE
- – MAKE MUSIC NOT WAR
- – JOHN’S CORNER: A VISIT FROM FRIENDS
- – RETURNING TO AMERICA
- – THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES
- – TRAPANI TRIP ENDS HOLLAND TRIP BEGINS
- – TROUBLE IN TRAPANI
- – EASTWARD BOUND
- – OLD FRIENDS…NEW FRIENDS
- – FEBRUARY FADES TO MARCH
- – CONNECTING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BUILDING BRIDGES
- – THERE’S NO MONEY IN PEACE BUT THERE IS PEACE IN BANJOS!
- – BANJOS AND BASEBALL
- – EVERYONE WHO WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR IS POTENTIALLY A NEW FRIEND
- – THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
- – THE FACTS OF LIFE
- – THE TENNESSEE STUDS
- – LOOK WHAT FLEW IN FROM THE FIRST SNOWSTORM OF THE YEAR
- – WELCOME TO TWENTY TWENTY-FOUR
- – ONLY IN GIVING DO WE RECEIVE
- – THE HAUNTING OF TRADITIONS
- – THE THREE W’S
- – MY LIFE AS A NON MUSICIAN
- – WELCOME TO THE HOLIDAYS AND A PITCH FOR BERNUNZIO UPTOWN MUSIC
- – COUSINS ARE FOREVER
- – ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS
- – RETURNING FROM BRISTOL: THE END OF AN ERA
- – BANJOS: FROM PALMYRA, NY TO BRISTOL,TN
- – A COLLEGE YEARBOOK REMEMBERED
- – ADIRONDACK BIRTHDAY
- – 76 TROMBONES IN A BIG PARADE
- – SALE AWAY BANJOS, SALE AWAY!!!
- – I MUST HAVE MADE MY PARENTS CRAZY
- – WORLD MUSIC AND THE GREATEST GENERATION
- – FINGER LAKES RAMBLINGS
- – KAJAKNE KARAMBA AND A LESSON IN KINDNESS
- – OCCUPATIONS
- – SOMETIMES I FEEL JADED….
- – OLD FRIENDS
- – OLD PEOPLE TIME (OPT)
- – JULY GIVES WAY TO AUGUST
- – IDEAS, DREAMS AND A GENTLE FAREWELL
- – A WEEK FULL OF WORK AND PLAY
- – MUSIC IS ETERNAL
- – JAZZ FEST: 20th Edition
- – LIVING A "JAZZ” LIFE
- – SALE/JAZZFEST/PRIDETEENTH/MAKE MUSIC
- – OUR GREATEST SALE STARTS TODAY!
- – ESTHETICIANS, BANJOS AND BABIES
- – SENTENCED TO COMMUTE
- – THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS
- – GETTING DOWN AND DIRTY
- – SCENES FROM THE STORE AND MORE
- – THE AMERICAN BANJO FRATERNITY
- – BACK TO WORK, AND LOVING IT.
- – BIG CHANGES AHEAD
- – A SENSE OF SACREDNESS
- – THIS DAWG IS NO PUPPY!
- – MUSIC IS GRACE IN THE POST-PANDEMIC AGE
- – SPRING HAS SPRUNG
- – THE REVEREND JOHNNY B’s GOODS.…
- – MY WORLD WOULD BE DIMINISHED
- – TALKIN’ ABOUT MY GENERATION …1947
- – I’VE SAID IT BEFORE: SELLING IS TEACHING
- – IN DEFENSE OF OLD PEOPLE
- – REOPENING THE STORE!
- – NEW STORE HOURS!!
- – THE BASEMENT TAPES
- – OLD FRIENDS: JIM SPAMPINATO
- – OH NO……BUFFALO!
- – HAPPY NEW YEAR AND SOME EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENTS
- – MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE BERNUNZIO FAMILY
- – CUCCIDARI
- – BACK TO WORK!
- – ANNUAL SALE!
- – HOLIDAY SHOPPING: BRING IT ON!
- – IT’S ALL ABOUT THE DRESSING
- – INVESTMENTS AND DIVIDENDS
- – BEHIND JOHN’S CORNER
- – HAPPY HALLOWEEN
- – AUTUMN LEAVES A GREAT HARVEST
- – TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING!
- – JB’S DREAM
- – RECOLLECTIONS AND RECUPERATION
- – INSTITUTIONS AND HOME
- – REHABILITATION and RECONCILIATION
- – RECUPERATING!!
- – SURGERY SCHEDULED
- – STUDENT DEBT: WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND
- – CLOUDS GET IN THE WAY
- – BENJAMIN:REDUX
- – TWO ROADS DIVERGED AND NOW CONVERGED
- – WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS!
- – IT’S SUMMER…BE COOL
- – VACATION WEEK IN BRANCHPORT AND THOUGHTS ON EASTMAN STRINGS
- – IN PURSUIT OF BLUE RIBBONS
- – THEM DREAMS ARE ONLY IN YOUR HEAD
- – WALK, DON’T RUN
- – ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2022
- – Photo Essay:AROUND PENN YAN AND MORE
- – A SMALL WEDDING AND A GIANT SALE
- – Memorial DAY: USING TRAGEDIES FOR POLITICAL GAINS
- – DAUGHTERS ARE FOREVER
- – STALKING THE WILD CARDOON
- – THE AMERICAN BANJO FRATERNITY
- – RETURN TO AMERICA
- – SICILY: WEEK TWO, THE EASTER MIRACLE
- – WEEK ONE IN SICILY: A FAMILY FEAST
- – HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AND A TRIP TO SICILY
- – THE CAMPBELL BROTHERS
- – SOME THOUGHTS ON THE STORE
- – THE VERNAL EQUINOX
- – MASTERS OF WAR
- – LANGUAGE AS A WORLD VIEW
- – BACK TO THE FUTURE: THOUGHTS ON WAR
- – THE GREATEST BANJO STORY EVER TOLD
- – THE MEASURE OF SUCCESS
- – ON BREAD, THE OLD BAKERY AND A VENDETTA
- – CAR TROUBLES
- – DAD, WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO?
- – THE "ROCHESTER” BANJO
- – A TRIP TO CARNEGIE HALL
- – COVID!
- – LEGAL SALE OF CANNABIS PRODUCTS WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF PY
- – THE COMMON THEME IN ALL OF THE HOLIDAY TALES FROM DICKENS TO SEUSS
- – MARTIN STYLE 45-S AND ST. LUCY’S DAY
- – MOM’S BIRTHDAY/ ST. NICK
- – 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BANJO LIFE/ BILL BURKE
- – "JOHN’S CORNER" HAS BEEN MY OWN FRONT PORCH
- – UPTOWN MUSIC BE CALLED "CHURCH" REPEAT OF LAST YEAR’S NEWSLETTER
- – BANJO GATHERING: COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG
- – ALL SAINTS DAY, Banjo Gathering in Colonial Williamsburg
- – JAFFE AND MARTHA/ CURTIS ELECTRIC
- – HISTORICAL TREK OF JEMIMA WILKINSON/ AJVAR PIZZA
- – MY BIRTHDAY AND REED MARTIN
- – BERNUNZIO‘S HAS BECOME WHAT THE OTHER STORES USED TO BE
- – CASCADE FALLS ON THE KEUKA OUTLET TRAIL
- – BANJOS AND BASEBALL
- – COOKOUT IN PENN YAN WITH OUR STAFF
- – AN UNCONVENTIONAL WEDDING AND A GATHERING OF SIBLINGS
- – A TRIP TO THE COAST WITH GRACE AND PENNY
- – HAROLD AND MAUDE
- – PINWHEEL MARKET AND THE OUTLET TRAIL: TWO GEMS IN PY
- – WINDOW WASHING
- – OLD MAN SHUFFLE…LIFE IS A RACE
- – SCARLETT ELIZABETH BERNUNZIO
- – MEMORIES OF A MOTORCYCLE MISHAP
- – RON ANTHONY D’ANGELICO EXCELL
- – REMEMBERING LEO CRANDALL
- – DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY WEED?
- – BACK IN THE STORE
- – GRANDCHILDREN ARE THE DIVIDENDS; BABYSITTING ROCCO
- – WELCOME OLIVE AND SCARLET
- – BACK IN THE STORE AND A VISIT FROM DAKOTA DAVE
- – GRACE’S BIRTHDAY
- – BUFFALO GUITAR EXHIBIT
- – MOTHER’S DAY: A TRIBUTE TO MY MOM
- – VACCINATION DISCUSSION AND SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
- – ON THE COST OF COLLEGE EDUCATION
- – LELAND MANDO-GUITAR BRILLIANTONE
- – ANNIVERSARY DINNER AND TYLER WESCOTT
- – DOPE ERA BANJO
- – SAUCE AND BRACIOLE RECIPE
- – PASSION IS WHAT DRIVES THE BUSINESS
- – DRIVING MY MOBILITY CART AROUND PENN YAN
- – SURGEON VERSUS PHYSICAL THERAPIST
- – GRAMPA PATSY REMEMBERED
- – ED BRITT REMEMBERED
- – MEMORIES OF OLD INSTRUMENTS FROM PICTURES
- – FIRST DAY BACK AT THE STORE
- – RECOVERING FROM KNEE SURGERY
- – STAFF AT THE STORE
- – AFTER KNEE SURGERY SURGERY
- – MAKING SAUCE AND CAPITOL RIOTS
- – HAPPY NEW YEAR IN THE NEW HOUSE
- – SURVIVING THE PANDEMIC
- – PICTURES FROM THE PAST/ REMEMBERING MICHE FAMBRO
- – WE FIX THINGS …A NEW HOUSE
- – NEWSLETTER Moving day/ store for sale
- – SUNNEE REMEMBERED
- – ON COLLECTING
- – IS RETAIL DEAD?
- – JAY’S BIRTHDAY AND THE MELTING POT
- – A MANDOLIN STORY AND AN EMOTIONAL VISIT FROM THE DISTANT PAST 😢
- – UPCOMING ELECTION
- – LEE KEENER BACON SILVER BELL BANJO
- – MY BIRTHDAY
- – MORE ON THE BIG MOVE
- – MOVE TO PENN YAN
- – FR. JOHN LOWE S. J. MY TEACHER
- – DANIEL PRUDE BLM
- – ROAD TRIP AND BANJO PURCHASES
- – BUBBA’S BANJO
- – JULIE’S UKULELE SOCIAL
- – BENJAMIN’S BIRTHDAY
- – EBAY AND FISHING
- – "TWO ROADS DIVERGED IN A YELLOW WOOD AND SORRY I COULD NOT TRAVEL BOTH...."
- – HAMMONDSPORT, NY AND PANDEMIC THOUGHTS
- – THE EASTMAN BANJO
- – WEIGHT LOSS
- – SUMMER SCENES
- – BRANCHPORT NY
- – BLACK LIVES MATTER
- – LIFE CRISIS, PANIC AND THE BENEFITS OF A PANDEMIC IN MODERN TIMES
- – AFTER BACK SURGERY: A NOTE FROM JULIE
- – RIOTS IN THE STREET
- – A COLLECTION OF CHILDREN. GRACE’S BIRTHDAY
- – PANDEMIC BUSINESS RULES MORE EBAY
- – The F Word: Bernunzio Uptown Music is still strumming: AN ESSAY BY FRANK DEBLASE
- – HIGHLAND PARK, BOUCHER BANJO STORY*
- – MORE EBAY
- – SCOTT FREILICH RIP
- – NOTES ON THE LOCKDOWN
- – EBAY CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
- – EARLY RETURN FROM EUROPEAN VACATION
- – IN HOLLAND
- – PANDEMIC BEGINS/TRAVEL TO HOLLAND*
- – CAPSTONE PROJECT
- – I DON’T GO BOWLING
- – BANJO LEGEND Mac Benford REMEMBERED
- – REMEMBERING REUBEN REUBENS BANJO COLLECTOR
- – THOUGHTS ON RUNNING THE BUSINESS AND TEACHING
- – THOUGHTS ON ART*
- – MORE ON COLLECTING
- – REFLECTING ON THE VINTAGE INSTRUMENT MARKET
- – Sale ends /Christmas memories
- – NEWSLETTER. The ghost of Christmas past*
- – STEVE GREENE AND NOTES FROM THE STORE
- – THOUGHTS ON EDUCATION*
- – THANKSGIVING 2019
- – MANDOLIN LOVE
- – JOE DADY TRIBUTE
- – FALL INSTRUMENT ROUNDUP
- – MARTIN GUITAR FACTORY MUSEUM TOUR
- – FLOWER CITY UKULELE FESTIVAL
- – NEWSLETTER return from Holland
- – AN AFTERNOON IN AMSTERDAM WITH Soren Venema
- – MEMORIES OF THE HAGUE/ COLLECTING INSTRUMENTS AND ANTIQUES
- – NEWSLETTER FROM HOLLAND
- – JOHN COHEN TRIBUTE/OFF TO HOLLAND
- – BECOMING A MUSIC INSTRUMENT DEALER*
- – SEPTEMBER VINTAGE INSTRUMENT ROUNDUP
- – LABOR DAY
- – THE BANJO AND SLAVERY
- – FISHING AND GUITARS
- – JAY SCOTT: NUTTY GUITAR GUY
- – MASS SHOOTINGS
- – INSTRUMENT COLLECTIONS ARRIVING
- – MICHELLE‘S WEDDING
- – RETURNING FROM SICILY
- – SICILY VACATION WEEK TWO
- – SICILY VACATION: A FAMILY REUNION
- – JAZZ FEST: 2019
- – SUMMER SALE: FATHER’S DAY
- – MAKE MUSIC DAY AND CRUISES ON THE ERIE CANAL
- – VALUE OF INSTRUMENTS/ THE TSUMURA COLLECTION
- – MEMORIAL DAY REDUX; JOE DADY DEPARTS THE STAGE
- – JOE DADY 1958-2019
- – LILAC FESTIVAL 2019
- – MAY 6, 2019 RETURN FROM THE NETHERLANDS
- – A RETURN TO THE NETHERLANDS
- – EASTER AND SMIGUS DAY 2019
- – TAX DAY
- – BUYING A COLLECTION OF FINE INSTRUMENTS
- – John’s Corner April 1, 2019 concerts Blue Ridge ramblers benny Bleu
- – Gibson Mandolins nomenclature THEORY
- – ROSE’S birthday /Saint Kitts story*
- – John's Corner March 11th 2019 Folkus Michelle Younger
- – A 1953 GIBSON GOLD TOP/ AND WEIGHT LOSS STRATEGY*
- – FENDER’S PAISLEY TELECASTER
- – PRESIDENT’S WEEK AND SOME VERY EARLY BANJOS
- – CONTROVERSIAL STATUE AT BERNUNZIO’S*
- – CATCHING UP WITH OLD FRIENDS
- – ON COLLECTING
- – STEWART PICCOLO BANJO*
- – MANDOLIN REMINISCING*
- – A PALLET OF STEWART BANJOS
- – REFLECTIONS ON THE YEAR
- – CHRISTMAS EVE, 2018*
- – A CHRISTMAS CARD TO REMEMBER
- – MS. MILLER BRINGS HER STUDENTS TO THE STORE
- – NORMA: MY FIRST LOVE…SO LONG AGO*
- – THE LOWLY UKULELE BANJO
- – John's Corner November 19th, 2018
- – VETERANS DAY AND JAY’S BIRTHDAY*
- – BANJO GATHERING IN BRISTOL VA/TN
- – BANJO THOUGHTS BEFORE THE GATHERING
- – JOHN ELLISON: MR. SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL
- – JOHN'S CORNER: ANOTHER BIRTHDAY
- – ALL ABOUT UKULELES*
- – MICHELLE YOUNGER: PROFESSIONAL BANJOIST
- – KEUKA LAKE RETREAT*
- – NORTHEASTERN TOUR CONCLUDES
- – THE SOLO TRIP CONTINUES: A VISIT WITH DAVE NICHOLS/ AND A PLANE RIDE ON LONG LAKE
- – SOLO TRIP TO BLACK LAKE
- – REMODELING GRAND AVe: JULIE THE CONTRACTOR
- – VICTORIA DENG: A FRIEND FROM SOUTH SUDAN *
- – PUNCH BROTHERS CONCERT
- – MOVE TO GRAND AVE*
- – GIBSON TB-7 PURCHASED IN THE NORTH COUNTRY
- – ROSE’S WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT
- – ALLFRETS CONVENTION BUFFALO. NY
- – STAFF PROFILES AND PICTURES
- – SCENES FROM JAZZ FEST…JAY SCOTT
- – JAZZ FEST AND SALE
- – JAZZ FEST GIANT SALE
- – MAKE MUSIC DAY
- – JUNE IS JAZZ MONTH
- – MEMORIAL DAY 2018
- – BERNUNZIO FAMILY BANJO RETURNS HOME
- – JOHN AND JULIE’S BANJO ROUNDUP
- – THE BERNUNZIO'S HEAD TO THE EAST COAST IN SEARCH OF INSTRUMENTS
- – THE FIRST JOHN’S CORNER: JULIE’S BIRTHDAY