Violins For Sale

Many times the things that we complain about most as a child are things that we enjoy or regret as adults. When I was a kid I was enrolled in violin lessons. My grandfather played the violin and my mother thought at least one of her children should follow in his footsteps. I had some musical abilities, but I felt that I had better things to do than take violin lessons. It is a complicated instrument to learn how to play well and it requires a good deal of practicing. I was still taking the lessons when my grandfather died. My grandmother insisted that I have his violin. At the time I did not realize what a gesture this was.

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I quit lessons before I mastered the instrument. One of my cousins started playing so my mother gave grandpa’s violin to her.

As I grew older and matured I have developed more of an interest in the music of a violin. As an adult I decided I would again take the violin lessons. I began looking for violins for sale so that I would not have to rent one. I did not realize when I was playing one as a child that they cost quite a bit of money. Some of the violins for sale had not been well cared for and would have cost a great deal to get back into playing condition.

My sister suggested that I call my cousin and find out if she was still playing the violin that had belonged to grandpa. It took some tracking but I located my cousin. She said that she had played his violin for several years but had stopped because she did not have time. She told me I could use it, but that she wanted to have it back at some point. We made arrangements to meet and to exchange the violin. It was in much better condition than the violins for sale that I had looked at. I am sure that my grandfather did not spend a great deal of money for it, but the craftsmanship was superior to those models made today.

When I met my cousin she was carrying two cases. One was grandfather’s and one was a violin that she had used as a child. Her mother was afraid she would break grandpa’s when she was first learning to play. She said she was going to list it with other violins for sale but thought I might want to see it first. It was in nice shape and she was not asking a great deal for it so I bought it. I went from not having any violin to having two of them. It was so neat to hold and play the same instrument that my grandfather had played so many years before. I regretted that I had not stuck to the lessons so that I could have played better sooner.