Colt's Violin

Colt was instructed by his Orchestra teacher that he is ready for a full size violin. We currently rent him a 3/4 violin, and before that he was on a 1/2 size violin. The blessing in this is that Vernon's brother, Rick, played violin and told Colt that when he was ready for the full size violin to call him. We picked up the violin on the 14th of March. The bows had no hair and one was warped beyond recognition. THe violin itself needed new strings and the bridge had come off. It really didn't look so hot. We took it last Monday to the violin shop of Mr. Fishburn off of Spring-Cypress just to the west of FM 249. Mr Fishburn looked at the violin and declared he could have it in tip-top shape in a day. Sure enough, on Tuesday, the violin looked great, everything where it should be and sounding like a violin not a dead cat. Colt had to get a new bow, but was able to keep the case. Although we might consider replacing the wood case with plastic for better protection and durability. The wood case is 44 years old like the violin. We also got an appraisal of the violin's worth, set at $1900-$2000. I think that alone convinced Colt to practice more last week so that he could see how he sounded on a valuable instrument!! I'll have to get him on video for you all to hear.