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Update on the Violin
By Amy | September 19, 2007
If you are a parent…or close to children at all you will probably identify with me on this one…
We instructed Mel to keep his violin in it’s case in his bedroom (actually under his bed so it would be out of the way) when he wasn’t using it. We also told him to play in his room when he felt the need.
Thinking we were being smart by implementing these “rules” so that his little brother, Lamont, wouldn’t try to touch it and inadvertently break it. (they are not allowed in each others bedrooms)
Saturday morning…for those of you that are counting…TWO DAYS after we bought the thing…Mel thought it would be great to “practice” (he still doesn’t really know how to play since he’s only three weeks in and none of that time has been spent learning any music yet) in the boys’ game room.
Big Mel and I were downstairs playing cards and heard the music a little closer than we should have…so we called Mel down to remind him of the bedroom only rule.
Of course my son would bring the violin downstairs with him-out of it’s case! So when we sent him back upstairs all we heard was….
A big boom and thunder sounding noise. Then his cry “‘Mont look what you did!”
Somehow between the two of them Mel tripped on the stairs and broke his fall with the violin-strings first.
I took it back to the music store yesterday and they only had to re-string it thank goodness!
The store didn’t even charge me since it had been less than a week and they understood how frustrating the situation was for us. They did warn me that it will be $30 next time, though!
Now the violin is kept in our bedroom and only comes out to go to school and with our permission. I don’t think he’ll be making the same mistake though. I hope not. 
Anyways, I did get the insurance on the violin but it doesn’t cover strings because those are a wear and tear item…but if you have to buy or rent an instrument….GET THE INSURANCE!!!!
And if you have ever experienced anything similar (even if it didn’t have to do with an instrument) please feel free to share what happened and how you resolved it as a parent to avoid the same thing from happening in the future…remember we can all learn from each other!
Until next time,
Amy
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