So much promise!

Well here it is. The fiddle I borrowed at Christmas with a view to buying it for a friend. It looks the part, its got quality dominant strings and a new bridge. But it sounds bloody awful. In fact its crap and the person that made it should have used it for kindling at the first opportunity. I assume its been crap all its miserable life and has somehow survived the ravages of numerous owners. Perhaps I will see it on ebay soon with ' for sale antique violin, mellow sound, good for the beginner.'

How many times in life does something look good but not deliver - luckily not too often which either reflects my cynical approach to everything OR I am eternally optimistic with low standards.

I need a holiday

I'm going to get out my Tim Philips infidel ( my own jawgus - apparently this is text language for gorgeous, violin) and launch into a couple of reels just to get this awful fiddle out of my system!