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Hi, Thanks rob & Raymond; now I've found this tutor I'll contact him when I'm ready; it's much too cold to be running around at the moment and my studio is still out of bounds but things are going to change; next Money will be like an heatwave with 13C forecast but accompanied by lots of rain...

Hi, Thanks Raymond; a fair exchange a drawing by you for a hand made bar stool both special because they are unique. I wonder how many bar stools aged 30 are still around. Computers are good until they go wrong; I'll never ever trust anything that has a circuit board or battery fitted. I have a...

Hi, It's not all doom and gloom; weather forecast for a bit of warmer weather soon in the meantime I've got Panpipes due to arrive tomorrow to play around with. One answer to better heating the studio will be to bring up the fan heater from the workshop to boost the CH radiator; the...

Hi, Thanks rob for your tips and suggestions. Yes the book is printed clearly showing the error message on each page as seen in the picture; the book is now ripped into two halves and has a new home in the recycling bin; I'm just so fed up of things going wrong every time I try to get into the...

Hi, However hard I try to play my violins I get messed around. With an outside temperature this morning of minus 2C it's perishingly cold; I turned the studio heating up to full first thing this morning not having tried to play my violins for a couple of weeks; enough is enough I want to learn...

Hi, Thanks for this very useful advice and explanation @revnice1 I fully admit I'm at a loss trying to adjust the Yamaha THR10 amp controls having tried all kinds of settings; I've so much to learn all at once and now the weather has turned bitterly cold I don't feel like doing anything but a...

Hi, My studio measures 6'6" x 12' which is rather tight for space but as I'm only playing violins I manage; I've squeezed a lot into the studio including lots of bench space the bench top lined with heavy "carpet runners" to protect the violins when they are put down. I've added 16 x 13A...

Hi, Thanks for the information rob; in future if I see a tiny 8 near the clef I'll understand what it is; I like to learn something new every day. My problem is kindly solved by Raymond below. Safety of course is paramount but these days it's being taken too far; deoesn't anyone have a bit of...

Hi, It's so cold at just above freezing and with heavy snow forecast I'm not spending any time in the studio. This morning however still keen to learn I settled down with the "The little book of music theory" expecting to learn more about playing my violins but I was soon lost unable to...

Hi, A bit of good news for a change; the new Bon Musica shoulder rest has arrived this morning from Thomann and I'm looking forward to trying it out this weekend; I've not yet fitted it to my violin but just placing it loose on my shoulder it has excellent grip and because it's extra long it...

Hi, Still no studio time; I installed the bathroom fan heater yesterday afternoon it only taking ten minutes thinking at last clear for a bit of violin practice today. It's taken two and an half hours to compose an email to our friends in Australia this morning and I've just finally sent it...

Hi, Many thanks Raymond; There are lots of these on eBay very cheaply. At the moment I use a thick towel folded twice which I place on my shoulder; not perfect but better than nothing. We were up at 7 o'clock this morning because the Virgin Media guy is due between 8:00 & 12:00 will he...

Hi, Thanks rob; I wear my bad luck like an halo; every time I try to do something I'm blocked; if only I could relax in peace I could enjoy retirement and potter around in the studio and workshop; I've got a well equipped workshop so making a shoulder rest should be very easy if only I could...

Hi, Playing my violin in the small office doesn't work due to lack of space so I've returned the amp to the studio; I turned the heating on in the studio very early this morning so it should be nice and cosy by now as I'm about to wander in. I've been messed around enough with endless hassle...

Hi, Thanks Raymond; up here we've had the heating on for a while and even switching the electric blanket on; at 6' tall and just over ten stones I'm a stick insect with little padding against the cold; we don't care what the energy costs we're going to keep warm. Stupid people on YouTube you...

Hi, The weather has turned very cold meaning heating the studio is taking ages; I've tried setting the central heating radiator on high before breakfast but it's taking a couple of hours to warm up by which time life takes over and I can't get into the studio so two hours wasted heat. My...

Hi, Many thanks @TalismanRich I can understand the convenience of a mobile phone but can't help feeling these phones are converting all who use them into robots; our former neighour on occasion would be talking to me then her mobile would ring; immediately she would pick the phone up and say...

Hi, I think I need to go into the middle of a very large field and scream my head off; just how much bad luck can be heaped upon me, Before breakfast this morning I popped into the studio to turn the heating up it being very cold. Switching on our TV BBC1 what a surprise sport showing so...

Hi, Thanks @TalismanRich 70 years ago at the age of five I'll never forget the poverty we lived in; cockroach infested cottage with one bedroom where I together with two brothers and sister slept it being unheated the only heat in the downstairs room it a coal fire my parents slept in the next...

Hi, Many thanks Raymond; just typical of my bad luck but I've got it well covered because I've got the movie on memory stick; this is one time I'm not bothered in the least. Great movie though. For the last 16 months ever since my wonderful wife treated me to my first violin I've endured...