Instrument Care

• NEVER leave your instrument in a car, especially overnight.  Extreme temperature changes can damage or break instruments.

• Put your name and homeroom teacher on the case of your instrument. Masking tape and Sharpie work great.

• Treat the instrument like a baby and it's case like a baby carriage.  You wouldn't swing a baby around or push the baby carriage into a wall, would you?  Working instruments sound better than broken ones!

• String instruments: Do not touch the bow (for beginners), pegs, fine tuners, or bridge!!  See the first pages of the book  to identify parts.  Mrs. Wood uses the pegs and fine tuners to tune the instrument; don't take the risk of accidentally breaking a string if you turn them.  If the bridge pops out, the strings go loose.  As long as the bridge is still in one piece, Mrs. Wood can put it back in place.  We will learn the bow after the winter concert!  This is so we master pressing the strings before adding the bow and to have a more successful [less painful] bowing experience.