Last week I bought a violin! I had decided not to bring my flute with me to Arizona, but lately had been feeling really empty without being able to play music. I decided to check out renting an instrument, but Lindsay from my lab told me about a shop that consigns guitars, ukeleles, violins, mandolins, and other instruments, so I decided to check it out after work one day. After plucking the strings of several violins, I found one with a sound I liked, and saw that it wouldn't cost much more to buy the violin than to rent an instrument for a summer. I rode away, holding my new violin case in one hand, while still trying to use my bike brakes. I got quite a few interesting looks riding down Speedway with a violin case hooked through a handlebar, but made it back mostly in one piece. I'm excited to get to play again!
Monday, June 15, 2009
A Violin!
Last week I bought a violin! I had decided not to bring my flute with me to Arizona, but lately had been feeling really empty without being able to play music. I decided to check out renting an instrument, but Lindsay from my lab told me about a shop that consigns guitars, ukeleles, violins, mandolins, and other instruments, so I decided to check it out after work one day. After plucking the strings of several violins, I found one with a sound I liked, and saw that it wouldn't cost much more to buy the violin than to rent an instrument for a summer. I rode away, holding my new violin case in one hand, while still trying to use my bike brakes. I got quite a few interesting looks riding down Speedway with a violin case hooked through a handlebar, but made it back mostly in one piece. I'm excited to get to play again!
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Hurrah, hurrah how exciting :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat a good idea !!!!
Hi, Valerie!
ReplyDeleteWish I can hear you play!