Christmas happened, went over well, the Things are happy for another year. We are not bankrupted, and Santa didn't go crazy. Yay! We've been enjoying the long holiday break, Sysguy is pretty far along on his "I don't have to work" beardage. We enjoyed the company of several sets of good friends; Sysguy's mom, Volunteerlady, and her consort, Happyguy visited. We currently await the arrival of Superdad and Supermom, who are driving west for the winter in their snobrd. I appreciate a holiday that happens in fits and starts. Spread out the fun, I say.
Sysguy did indeed glue my bow back together, and it is even functional! You can't even see where it snapped! I'm a little worried about shearing though, so I got a back-up bow anyway. Its a not-cheap but not terribly expensive carbon-fiber job. It gets good reviews, though I'm not sure at my level of experience that really matters. I was mostly interested in something indestructible that would last pretty near forever. This one was recommended for unpredictable environments, like bars/outdoors, etc (...fencing with small boys). The fact that it came in sparkly purple is just gravy. It doesn't have nearly the camber (arched back) that the wood bow has, which is interesting. They look about the same when they're tightened though, I guess the purple one is a lot stiffer. They weigh the same. The purple one has a really pretty abalone slide and eye on the frog.
The bow arrived with zero rosin on the horsehair, so we had fun experimenting with how much rosin it takes to actually get the strings to make some noise.
Sysguy did indeed glue my bow back together, and it is even functional! You can't even see where it snapped! I'm a little worried about shearing though, so I got a back-up bow anyway. Its a not-cheap but not terribly expensive carbon-fiber job. It gets good reviews, though I'm not sure at my level of experience that really matters. I was mostly interested in something indestructible that would last pretty near forever. This one was recommended for unpredictable environments, like bars/outdoors, etc (...fencing with small boys). The fact that it came in sparkly purple is just gravy. It doesn't have nearly the camber (arched back) that the wood bow has, which is interesting. They look about the same when they're tightened though, I guess the purple one is a lot stiffer. They weigh the same. The purple one has a really pretty abalone slide and eye on the frog.
The bow arrived with zero rosin on the horsehair, so we had fun experimenting with how much rosin it takes to actually get the strings to make some noise.
In the recital, I played the Suzuki piece called Etude, from the first book. Its one of the first that uses second position on the A and E string. Woo hoo. There's a spot in the middle where I invariably get lost. I got lost there at the recital. It was amusing. Sysguy: "you sure gave that accompanist a workout!" Now I'm off to the Minuets. Thing 2 is twinkling his little heart out.
In actual knitting news, I am on the home stretch of a UFO I had set aside for a couple of years, a very lacy little jacket. I am finally caving in to the fact that if I want to knit in SoCal, it has to be light weight. Photos tomorrow. Knitting tonight!!
In actual knitting news, I am on the home stretch of a UFO I had set aside for a couple of years, a very lacy little jacket. I am finally caving in to the fact that if I want to knit in SoCal, it has to be light weight. Photos tomorrow. Knitting tonight!!
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