Jul
22
The Vocabulary of Music
I’m happy to report that Sebastian no longer looks like a giant playing a toy viola. We replaced his rented 14 1/2-inch viola yesterday with a full-size, 16-inch beauty of an instrument, a Tanglewood 200 made by Eastman Strings. It’s all his now, or will be once I write a check for the second half of the total.
I am a string instrument novice, so these milestones are all new to me. I knew he needed a larger instrument. I’m ashamed to say that he's needed it for – oh, at least four or five months now? The trouble was in finding a time we could both go to the studio and have him try out a few different sizes.
Sebastian has rented a viola through a local business, String Solutions, since he started playing in the fourth grade.
I am a string instrument novice, so these milestones are all new to me. I knew he needed a larger instrument. I’m ashamed to say that he's needed it for – oh, at least four or five months now? The trouble was in finding a time we could both go to the studio and have him try out a few different sizes.
Sebastian has rented a viola through a local business, String Solutions, since he started playing in the fourth grade.
