| Custom Adjustments with a Fork |
Scenario: A diligent flute student is busy practicing and the
phone rings, she sets her flute on the kitchen table to answer the phone. The call is for
her and she goes around the corner for a little privacy. Her sisters boyfriend is there,
and he decides to examine her flute more closely. He picks it up and notices what he
thinks are loose screws. A quick scan of his surroundings helps him find the tool that
will allow him to accomplish his good deed for the day. He grabs the fork left on the
table from an after school snack and begins to tighten all the adjusting screws on the
flute, the very same adjusting screws that the diligent student has just paid $35 to have
professionally adjusted. Her phone conversation ends just in time to see her sister's
boyfriend finishing with the last screw. Needless to say she has had better days.
This
scene could have been avoided if this diligent student had followed one simple rule that
is relayed to our customers on a regular basis, that is: If your instrument is not in your
hands in should be in your case. It would seem that this rule would just be accounted to
common sense but we see too many crumpled bells and warped flutes to trust that rule to
common sense.
In order for students of music to have a complete education in their particular
discipline it is necessary that they be taught how to properly handle and maintain their
instrument. If they are unable to play their instrument due to a well meant adjustment
with a fork how are they going to be able to pursue the study of their instrument. If we
can help students understand the importance of taking responsibility for handling and
maintaining their instrument they will be more able to progressively pursue their music
education. |
