SPRUCE TREE STAFF

WIL BREMER
was already an experienced repair person and dealer in vintage instruments when he opened Spruce Tree Music in 1980. He opened his first full time shop, The Spicertown Folklore Center, in Akron, Ohio, in 1972. Later, he opened a shop in Bloomington, Indiana. Wil also teaches Fretted Instrument Repair at the University of Wisconsin National String Instrument Repair Clinics.

Here's a bit more about Wil from a Wisconsin State Journal story featuring Wil and instrument repair here.

JULIE LUTHER
has a strong interest in traditional music. She has performed around the upper midwest and taught guitar while living in Minneapolis (where she also tried to achieve tenure as a graduate student). She moved to Madison and joined Spruce Tree Music in 1985. Her chief musical pursuit these days is fiddling for New England style contra dances.

DALE REICHERT
walked through the door in 1985 looking to teach banjo. It so happened that he was also an accountant and we needed an accountant... He maintained his association with the shop while living in Kentucky. He's now back in Wisconsin, playing banjo and dobro with Art Stevenson and Highwater.

DOUG CRAEMER-MEIHSNER
hails originally from Belleville, Wisconsin (widely known as the UFO capitol of the country). Doug studied music at the University of Wisconsin and played bass with the local legendary band Marques Bovre and the Evil Twins. He joined Spruce Tree Music in 1994 as a general all-around guy and has become an accomplished instrument repair person.

ED FEENY
is a an experienced woodworker with projects ranging from custom cabinetry to electric guitar construction. He's also a bass player whose musical versatility ranges from rock to Balkan. He can be heard performing with The Reptile Palace Orchestra ("Home of Balkan Lounge Funk"), The Motor Primitives, and Veseliyka.

JENNIFER CLARE PAULSON
is a violist with the The Madison Symphony Orchestra. Beyond her extensive experience as a classical and jazz violinist/violist, Jen has explored a variety of other instruments such as Japanese koto and tenor banjo. She discovered her grandfather's Roy Smeck Vita Ukulele, which has led her even further down the path of fretted instruments. All of this makes her a good fit for our shop, where she does a bit of everything.

SPRUCE TREE OFFICIAL GREETER

Traveler is Spruce Tree's Official Greeter (UH HR Gaylan's One With the Wind UD MH OA NAJ WCX VCX CCA). He was trained by Zephyr (Zephyr Regent of Spruce Tree UD TD NA JH WC) and preceded by Larson (Gaylan's Lunar Far Side CDX TD OA OAJ VCD2). The new kid is Piney, officially UH Truline Rio's Pine Creek SH WCX.