My violin is home!

My violin is back! Huge thanks to Jim Robinson of Renaissance Strings in Nottingham, NH for the wonderful work!  I brought the Cecilio violin to him yesterday, and he had it ready to go this morning!  He replaced the tailpiece (and fine tuners), replaced the strings with Dominants, put a new bridge in place, and got it all set up correctly.  It sounds so much better now, and I am delighted to find I have such a resource so close by.

Renaissance Strings has some gorgeous instruments for sale as well.  I will definitely start there next time I am looking for an upgrade.

I also found out that I have a "string tube" in the awesome ProTec case that came with this violin!  My instructor had one in her violin case when I was there this week.  It is for new strings.  Instead of leaving the new strings coiled in their envelopes, you uncoil them and store them in the string tube.  That way they have a chance to relax and are safely stored until needed.  I didn't even know until today that I had a string tube in this case!  Now I'm just waiting for an order from FiddlerShop, which will include a new rosin to keep with this violin.