Well, another fiddle has come to live here forever. I haven't posted here about it because I was under the impression that it had to go back, so here's the whole story.

Back in February, the OH and I visited a friend and picked up the fiddle I call the Utah Fiddle. He also had an old German Trade fiddle with "Conservatory Violin" stamped on the scroll that needed a new bridge, tailpiece and pegs fitted. I asked to be allowed to do the work and he agreed.

The repairs were made, the fiddle strung up and I played it for a few days before sending him a note that it was ready to pick up. He replied that he was busy and I should continue to play it and enjoy it until he had some time. I knew he wanted to sell it and would likely be asking $400, so I doubted I would be able to get it (it sounds just lovely!) so I played it and enjoyed it until last week when the strings finally went dead.

I was telling the OH that I needed to put new strings on it, but didn't want to put out the money for the $pendy strings our friend preferred, so the fiddle would have to go back soon.

Knowing how sad I was about letting her go (I call her Sweet Jane) he made a deal with our friend behind my back and the fiddle is now mine. So here's Sweet Jane -

Now that I know she's here to stay I should take some pics with the new pegs, etc. I've swapped out the chinrest for my preferred Berber model and put on some Zyex strings and just love her to death!