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all outstanding orders (as far as I recall!) plus a couple of "spare" 4/4 Gems 1, are now here and will be sent out this week.

Someone brought me a violin to "set up" - meaning simply getting it ready to play, I can't do much in terms of fixing bad bridges for example, those normally go to the repairer I work with. I have never before seen a violin with a plastic neck and plastic pegs.  The case seems OK and the bow was not the worst I had seen, but so much plastic was a new one to me. I did get it in tune eventually (but I think it is likely to keep slipping out, peg paste might have helped if I had...

OK this is preaching to the choir, but just have a read of this! http://www.mia.org.uk/2017/02/10-reasons-why-making-music-is-good-for-your-brain/

I have just checked a "rival's" website - to be fair not much of a rival because they are a shop that does not post, but in consultation with a website analyst I was asked to select which website I thought was the closest to what I do and that is a very difficult one because I am rather unique, but these I thought were the closest. They have a nice new website and some very nice Gliga violin pictures.  MY very nice Gliga violin pictures, which have been on their website for several months. One of the pictures is...

I have just been pointed to this link which is fascinating. http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/04/07/stradivarius-violins-arent-better-than-new-ones-round-two/