Oh Nos!

[merchimerch]

I know that it is just a thing, but I'm upset right now. My dutar has come unglued I assume from the dry weather. Luckily it's my practice/demo dutar not my stradivarius equivalent, but I am still pretty upset. PMS will be gone in a day or so, but my broken dutar is more permanent and there just *isn't* anywhere that works on dutars in this country or even this hemisphere.

I should have noticed it earlier, but this dutar has always had a duller sound and the wood was staying in place because of the strings. I unstrung it this evening to change the strings since I noticed they were sounding old and then I noticed that the entire base of the face of the instrument had separated from the body.

I don't know what the right choice is to do. If I have to travel to an interview I am NOT risking taking my master dutar (no matter how amazing it sounds), and my 3rd dutar is either in PA or in Livermore, so I have to get this one fixed or fix it myself. I guess I start with McCabes tomorrow, or maybe try to contact Prof. R the Middle Eastern musician. This is just one more thing that needs to be taken care of before I leave.

It's just a thing, but it is a really important and irreplacable thing *pout*

I know everything is better in the morning; man do I ever wish I could wake up to a whole dutar.

Why do I feel like I just dropped my baby or something? I feel like a bad dutar mommy...

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Re: jonimiz...

[merchimerch.livejournal.com]

yeah - what I don't understad is why he had to glue them all together, though I suppose it makes it easier. Still, I see the bow for the gijak, but how does he bow it in that position? The video didn't show it. Fascinating.