As a service to our readers, we list below a few commercial sites devoted to classical music &/or arts/leisure:

• The Beatles - for extensive analyses of the songs by Alan W. Pollack, click here: http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/awp-notes_on.shtml
• Cantilena Press (& John Ruggero, pianist & teacher): http://www.cantilenapress.com/
• Carolina Brass: http://www.carolinabrass.com/
• Center Stage Music Entertainment, Inc. (Adagio Strings, Green River Chamber Players, etc.): http://www.centerstagemusic.org/ [inactive 9/09]
• Chapel Hill Violins: http://chapelhillviolins.com/
• Classics Direct (shipments of CDs direct from Australia): http://www.classicsdirect.com.au/ [inactive 10/06]
• Dynamic Media (offering XM radio & MP3 players): http://www.dynamicmedia-us.com/ [inactive 2/07]
• Freeing the Caged Bird (Salem College's Barbara Lister Sink's injury-preventive piano method): http://www.freeingthecagedbird.com/ [inactive 5/08]
• GuitArt Magazine (quarterly): http://www.guitart.net/ [inactive 12/06]
• Marilyn Hartman's Standing Ovation Arts - artist management (based in Chapel Hill, NC): http://www.standingovationarts.com/ [inactive 4/08]
• Johnson String Instrument (Newton Centre, MA) (violin, viola, & cello sales & rentals, strings & accessories, sheet music, & more, including extensive links section): http://www.johnsonstring.com/
• Richard Kingston Harpsichords: http://www.richardkingstonharpsichords.com/
• MDT (UK) (a reliable mail order house for CDs - including titles not sold here...): http://secure.mdt.co.uk/
• Metro Magazine (a superior monthly magazine focusing on Eastern NC that includes cultural listings and articles that may be of interest to CVNCers): http://metronc.com/
• Montgomery Violins (Raleigh): http://www.montgomeryviolins.com/
• Musical America: http://www.musicalamerica.com/
• MUSIClassical.com (a remarkably comprehensive classical site with an impressive subset of directories and links): http://musiclassical.com/
• New York concert & theatre tickets: When in the Big Apple, sidestep the high-priced ticket shops & check out http://www.reedstickets.net/
• North Carolina Brass (artists for weddings, parties, etc.): http://ncbrass.com/
• North Carolina Strings (artists for weddings, parties, etc.): http://ncstrings.com/
• Piano Emporium (Weaverville): http://www.pianoemporium.com/restoration.html
• Piano Tuning by RayBould, usa - Tuning / Repair / Rebuilding: 828/964-7657 or 336/973-4197
  serving Western NC and Eastern TN
• Ruggero Piano: http://www.ruggeropiano.com/
• Widenhouse Violins (Belmont): http://www.widenhouseviolins.com/ [inactive 1/08]
• Zenph Studios (software for high-definition music): http://www.zenph.com/