I started playing violin in sixth grade. That same year, American girl released a functional violin for dolls. It came with a music stand and two music workbooks that were the same ones we used in class. I desperately wanted that violin even though I didn't have a doll. Well, now I have one (dozen) doll(s) and the day before yesterday I got a notice of a violin set for super cheap on Mercari. So I bought it.
Today it occurred to me that the set doesn't come with rosin. So I looked it up and apparently the violins they make now are plastic and nonfunctional! I didn't know that till today, so I hadn't asked before buying if the set I ordered was the original wood one that made a sound when played. It shipped yesterday, too late to cancel the order without feeling guilty, so I decided to look up and save some new listings that were definitely the wood ones, just in case the one I got turned out to be plastic. If it was wood, I planned to delete the saves from my lists.
This is how I found a 1996 recital outfit (which looks just like the ones we wore for middle school concerts but was off my radar then because I didn't have a doll) that came with not only a functional wood violin and the stand and books, but also a flute! I ordered that too, because it was a reasonable price and I had been planning to get the recital outfit eventually. I figured I could sell whichever violin set I didn't want and the flute together to recoup my costs for the first violin set.
Only thennnnnn I learned that there also exists an entire doll-sized music store, to include a cello, an orchestral percussion set, and a recorder. Which they are calling a flutophone but it looks just like the recorders we played in third grade. Among others - guitars galore, ukulele sets, drums, keyboards, a piano. You could really make a whole school orchestra in 1/3 scale with everything they've come out with since that first tiny violin.
And now I am reconsidering selling the extra violin and the flute, and thinking about buying a cello, flutophone, and percussion set so I can have a whole dolly orchestra. They'll all need recital outfits, for obvious reasons.
I need an Adultier Adult to take my eBay and Mercari passwords away please.
