I hope you are staying warm and safe in this very cold, snowy spell. In addition to protecting ourselves, we need to also think about protecting our instruments. When wood is introduced to temperature and humidity shifts, it constricts and expands. This can cause the pegs in the pegbox to come loose and slip. You may have noticed a time or two when you open the case and some strings are floppy. At first, this is disconcerting - but it is not broken. It is just rather inconvenient! The problem this creates is that until the instrument is re-tuned, the student cannot practice properly. When we practice, it is equally important to train the ear as it is the fingers. When we practice with an instrument that is out of tune, we train the ear at best to disregard listening, and at worst to accept and regard as normal poor intonation. This is not always avoidable, but please take care in the following ways:
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