We've got a pretty good deal 'cos her teacher has helped us bought one during her recent violin purchasing trip. This violin would have easily cost at least double the price we've paid(which is 3.5 times more than her current one) locally.
Renee, after hearing how Ms Mok's violins had sounded, has been complaining that hers doesn't sound nice and so when she finally got hold of her new one today, she was treating it like a precious item - not daring to pull the bow harder, which however, isn't really helping, hahaha.
I'm pre-warned by the teacher, well actually, I'm already expecting it myself, that I'm going to experience frustrations(from both of us in my expectaions) and/or whinings(obviously from Renee, haha) with this new instrument. First, although it's just a tad bigger for her, it's still going to be a challenge, 'cos she'd still need to stretch her arm, plus the fingering will all have to be re-adjusted - for ease of that, Ms Mok has pasted tapes on it just to help guide her again. 2ndly, being new, it takes time to be stabilised and the bowing position need to be re-adjusted as well since she's been too used to playing it downwards due to the smaller bow earlier, haiz...
However, the good thing about this new instrument is that it sounds better and it's easier/smoother to tighten and lossen its bow. Anyway, this is just a size 1/8th's, there're more(and the prices will too, also depending on her needs on the level of quality) to come..., arrrgggghhh.
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