Violin repair, Ivy is back!

My violin's fingerboard is touching the body of the violin, which is not good! I don't know how long it's been doing it, but the strings are super far away from the fingerboard ("la touche") and I don't remember it being like that last year.

I brought it to a local luthier. He was really puzzled because there's no cracking or loosening that would explain why it's happening. He did find some other areas of the violin that had come unglued, so he fixed that. I have to bring it back after he gets back from vacation to fix the fingerboard issue. It involves a bit of major surgery but he's very good and very affordable.

His shop was stuffed full of violins, violas, cellos, half-made instruments tucked in every shelf or corner, violin cases piled 4 high and 4 deep. And a very cute cat that let me pet it for a bit.

Ivy came back from a week-long "classe verte." Right after getting off the bus, she said, "Can I go back?" She loved it! They had lights out at 9:30 pm with pretty strict rules about going to bed. As a result, she said she slept super well and always woke up spontaneously at 6 am.

I did some sanding and priming in the staircase and got Zari to do a bit as well.