I arrived back home from Port-of-Spain late Saturday. My week there was wonderful and somewhat exhausting. At some point in the LSF journey I always reach a point of denial where I think it might actually be possible to repair all the instruments in front of me. If only I get up earlier, if only I work later, harder, and faster ...
One of my frustrations has been limited space to spread out my tools and materials, so I have to constantly tidy up after myself in order not to waste time searching for something that is typically right in front of me. On the plane home, I was busy devising a tool case that will alleviate this annoyance ... I will post pictures as soon as I have it made!
I worked on fifteen instruments in five and a half days. Most of them needed extensive fingerboard work and a really good cleaning; all of them had to have their bridges lowered due to "tropical neck syndrome".
While I also left much work undone, teachers on the ground are already working on bringing me back for a two-week residency early next year, in hopes of giving those people I was teaching more chances to practise, and expand on, their new skills.
I did manage to sneak in a wonderful day on Trinidad's North Coast ...
Back in town, I started right back into my routine with our monthly Twin Cities Makers' meeting last night. Today is my first day back to teaching my regular students!
One of my frustrations has been limited space to spread out my tools and materials, so I have to constantly tidy up after myself in order not to waste time searching for something that is typically right in front of me. On the plane home, I was busy devising a tool case that will alleviate this annoyance ... I will post pictures as soon as I have it made!
I worked on fifteen instruments in five and a half days. Most of them needed extensive fingerboard work and a really good cleaning; all of them had to have their bridges lowered due to "tropical neck syndrome".
While I also left much work undone, teachers on the ground are already working on bringing me back for a two-week residency early next year, in hopes of giving those people I was teaching more chances to practise, and expand on, their new skills.
I did manage to sneak in a wonderful day on Trinidad's North Coast ...
Back in town, I started right back into my routine with our monthly Twin Cities Makers' meeting last night. Today is my first day back to teaching my regular students!
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