Playin' Everyday

Times are tough. Blah Blah Blah. You hear it everyday. But it's true! Money is tight in almost all families. Everyone says "Oh I want this, I need that!" You don't need everything...But this thing I did.


This weekend my grandparents took me down to Peter Prier in Salt Lake. At Peter Prier they make Violins. I have been playing the violin for 6 years. And when you buy a violin, you buy a size that fits your body. My violin was a 3/4 and it was just way to small for me. But like I said times are tough. And buying a violin is a lot of money. The new size I needed would last me the rest of my life.


My mom had talked to my grandparents about how I needed a new size, my teacher said we couldn't get the sound out of my 3/4 on. So Saturday came. My grandpa said we would go look at violins, find a good one, but not buy one today.


We got to Peter Prier and they started setting out different violins. 3 at a time. I would play a G Major scale and then a few measures of a piece I was working on. Then we eliminated the one I liked the least. I did that about 6 times until I narrowed it down to two. One was a reddish orange color with a higher sound and the other had more of an antique look with a lower sound.


While I was deciding my grandpa asked if I could see this certain violin that Peter had just finished making 3 days ago. It's a $28,000 violin with an amazing sound. The lady got it out and let me play it! Of course I wanted the $28,000 one. But that probably wasn't an option that day. While I was playing that violin the lady asked if she could bring out another one. And so she did. She brought out the nicest violin in the world! It's called a Straitavarious. Made in the 1700's and it's so incredible they have never been able to make one like it again. The lady played it and it was an incredible sound. She then asked if I would like to play it. "Well of course I would!" I said. In my hand I was now holding an 8.2 Million dollar violin. The nicest in the world. Weighs less then 1 pound. That is an amazing instrument I got to play.


Then back in the real world. I chose the most beautiful violin. It's antique look made me turn away from it at first, but I have fallin' in love with it. It was a very deep tone to it which I love.


I have fallen in love with my violin. I can't seem to put it down. I will probably play this violin for a very long time. I dream about the sound each night and can't wait to pick it up and play the next morning. It's so beautiful. I can't wait 'till the new day to play.