How far in advance do I need to book you?

Most of our bookings are made 3-6 months in advance. Though, everyone has different planning schedules. We do take plenty of bookings more than a year in advance, or less than two weeks. While we try to be as accomodating as possible with all music requests and logistics, it can be a little more difficult with last minute bookings.

Can you play outside?

Yes! We play outside at least 25 times per year. We just need to be in full shade and have shelter available in case it may rain. Our instruments are very sensitive to the outdoors - sun and rain can damage them badly, and make them go out of tune.

The temperature also needs to be above 55 degrees.

Wedding Procession Timing

Leave that to us! We trim and extend our pieces as needed using built-in stopping points.

Selecting Music

There are two main points where we like to have your specific input. The procession and the recessional. Since these two parts of the ceremony are such focal moments, it is really important to have music that is meaningful to you.

Is amplification necessary/can you provide amplification?

Amplification is generally not necessary for ceremonies. We are usually positioned close enough to the proceedings and there is not much other sound we have to compete with.

For reception type settings amplification can be useful if you want our sound to be uniformly distributed. Even if we are not amplified for reception settings, it usually works well to have us positioned in a central area so that guests can hear us as they move about. Forgoing amplification also preserves the natural acoustic warmth that our instruments produce.

If amplification is desired it is usually easiest for the house sound engineer or a DJ to mic us into their system.