Well tomorrow is Friday, July 20.  A sad day in the Keese household.  But it can also be a good day as well.  Tomorrow I send my Franz Hoffman Prelude, aka "Hoff" back to Shar Music.  Hoff was a rental I got for Father’s Day.  It was my intent to buy.  However as fate would have it, I was also blessed a few days later with news of a second violin coming from a family member.  Two violins in my house...woohoo!!!

Sadly this union is not meant to be.  (So says my wife...)  She does not understand that I really like Hoff and wish to keep him as well.  But she says that since I got Ole Roy (my el cheapo violin from my aunt) that I do not need, nor can we afford Hoff. If we were going to buy him this fall, why can we not afford him now??  I do not understand female logic.  BUT!!!  (Yes there is a "but" in here.)  I have formulated a plan.  This fall I am just going to have to BUY a new better quality violin.  (Do not tell the Mrs.!)

However, there is also another alternative.  (This is the good news part...)  Ole Roy, who is a much laid back boy, needs a little TLC.  I attempted to do the bridge work myself, but alas, live and learn, my first attempt was not good.  (Roy sounds like a cat in heat!! -shiver-)

So Roy is heading' off to see the Doc (Luthier) tomorrow.  He is going to get some bridgework done, get my D'darrio Pro-Arte strings put on and get a good professional tuning!!  (Yea for Ole Roy!!)

So my fall violin?  Well, if Ole Roy gets fixed at the Doc, has a great sound, then he'll be my go to violin for the Fall Classes I am taking.  If he still sounds insufferable, or the Doc says...TRASH?  Well then it looks like I'll be in the market for a new V.  So please wish me luck during my separation from Hoff, keep me in your thoughts as I take Ole Roy to the Doc and hope that Ole Roy is the gem I hope he can be.