Stumped

 There’s a perfectly good tree stump a few houses down. I’m gonna try and bribe my Significant Artist with some food to see if he’ll roll it home later. It looks like it’s just about the right dimension to sit comfortably on while ‘playing’ the erhu...it came two days ago :) 

  The morin khurr’s been here about a month and a half, but it was shipped to a different address—so I’m waiting for a Wildebeest to deliver it.

So far, it doesn’t sound like I’m strangling cats at all! I also had it tuned quite well—inner string D4, outer string A4–on the first go. That’s impressive for a functional person... but I’m partially deaf and can’t feel vibrations as much due to nerve damage. 

I had surgery to correct it, but I still have difficulty and wasn’t wearing my hearing aid while tuning. I suppose  it was all that time I spent trying to get to the Selenetic Age that really helped...

I also had a thought a few weeks back—although the erhu is a much better choice for me over a violin price wise and because of various disabilities, there’s just a slight problem. Since my wrists are a bit floppy due to the Ehlers-Danlos, I’ll probably have to get a wrist brace. Holding the bow is like holding hands, except there’s no way to compensate for the joint laxity. So, I guess after I get a wrist brace I’ll get to experience what it’s like to hold hands like everyone else. Thanks erhu!