Well favor may or may not shine upon me.  As I have posted already, my Hoffman is due to arrive tomorrow on FedEx. (Yippee for me) but I also have more news!! (is the suspense killing you yet??)

I recieved a call from my Aunt in Oklahoma this evening.  Apparently she was doing some Sping cleaning, (is it still Spring or Summer now??  I dunno, but you get the idea...) and low and behold, guess what she finds in the back of her sons old closet?  (you guys will never guess!  Go ahead guess... Darn it!! You guessed it!!)

That's right...a violin.  She knows nothing about it, but she says her son no longer needs it...he has a better one now that he loves.  So he said to ask me.  (I guess I post on Facebook enough that she figured I would want it. AND I TOTALLY DO!!!!)

So after we caught up on old times and family, she took my new address down and is shipping it tomorrow!  So I will have my new Hoffman on my doorstep tomorrow and have a backup or even a primary (depends what I find out) in the mail and here about Monday or Tuesday!!  What luck do I have?  Apperently good luck for a change.  (Murphy and his laws can leave me alone once and a while.)

So, as soon as i get the other violin in, I will let y'all know all about it as well.  (I am already excited...AGAIN!!!)

Ok...having trouble getting the pics to load...I'll try this again. (Suspense Killing ya yet?) lol

Thanks Daniel and CPO.  This pic do not do it justice.  I know this is not a million dollar violin, but I truly think it is beautiful.  (Maybe because it is my first and you always think your first love is beautiful?)  Either way, I plove it.

As for the sound @FM ... I tried tuning it best I could without a tuner and using your guide.  However I think my speakers on my little laptop are not very good.  I downloaded an app to tune it with and I found my A @ 440, so i think I got that right.  As for the other strings, I tried my best by ear.  (my best by ear is probably not something I should brag about, lol)  I ordered a tuner from Fiddlershop and low and behold I ordered the wrong one.   Luckily, Pierre aka "The Man" , caught my little mistake and has fixed the problem.  (A major shout out to Pierre, who without him, I would be trying to tune my violin like a viola, lol.)  But for what I had to work with, I think the overall sound is beautiful.  When I get my tuner and get it all set up, correctly, I will post an actual vid of the sound.  I was going to post a video of me opening the box and everything, but I did not have the patients...I wanted this thing out of that stuffy box and into my waiting hands.  (Afterall, I think my little Baby is claustrphobic.  She acted so scared when I opened up that mean ole dark case.  But once I had her in my hands, she trembled a bit, but she came around and began to sing.  Ahh the beauty of a fine instrument.  Oh how I missed you.)

I almost forgot... is there any sheet music for Pierre's tune on a G string?  I am rewatching his beginner vids and am trying to do his G string tune. 

If not, no worries, or I may just be overlooking them, lol.  Thanks guys (and girls!)

Thanks  alot Kevin...that reallywas what I was looking for, and the CM makes a lot of sense.  Also, I got my tuner in today, (shout out to Pierre for getting it here so quickly) so now I can get the ole fiddle tuned.

@ Pierre- I tried the games, but I guess I am soo noob that I can only get one sound right, lol.  But I am still working on it.  I think the game is a cool, fun, way to learn the sounds.