House of Musical Traditions
7040 Carroll Ave.
Takoma Park, MD 20912
TEL: 301-270-9090
FAX: 301-270-3010
HOURS: 11 am - 7 pm
Tuesday through Saturday
11 am - 5 pm Sunday & Monday
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| Catalog > Accessories > T-Shirts | updated April 16, 2007 |
The Story Behind Our T-Shirt Design: Sometime in 1977, when the store was in Berkeley Springs, WV, store owner Dave Eisner attended an ethnomusicology convention in Montclair, NJ. His host happened to be renting space to a woman who restored antique stained glass pieces. Dave was impressed by her work and asked if she could design something for him. Although she had never done any original pieces, she was willing to give it a try. She used scraps from her repair work, and the result was this lovely window. Unfortunately, Dave can't remember the artist's name!
At first the stained glass piece hung in the front window of the Berkeley Springs store. When that store closed in 1983, Dave brought the piece with him to Takoma Park, MD. Now it is set into the front door to act as a window. It is really beautiful when the afternoon sun shines through it. When we were dreaming up a design for our store t-shirt, the stained glass design was the perfect choice. The 30th anniversary shirt reads: "Still tuning after all these years!" on the back. |
