Son has his own for Keeps Cello!

**imagine** · 07-29-2009, 04:38 PM

Son has his own for Keeps Cello (or at least it will be his is 13 easy payments-interest free payments) A Knilling Burchrest Cello with perfection pegs. He has been playing this one a few month so he has already bonded with it LOL

Our local Music store has a rental program for stings where you rent a small size instrument since you change sizes as you grow. Seems better than buying several sizes (unless you are like the Duggar and have other children that will grow into them)

The amount you have paid ( the rental fee) is then available for you to use for your full size all of it if you buy a professional cello (read very expensive) and 70 percent if you get another student cello still very good.

So we pay 6 dollars more a month than we were paying and in 13 interest free month it will be his free and clear.

Such excitement.

**Debbie-cat** · 07-29-2009, 06:13 PM

That's great! Congratulations and great deal. I bet he is really happy.

**onencgirl** · 07-29-2009, 06:20 PM

Wow, that is a great deal. Strings are so expensive.

**dcompton** · 07-29-2009, 10:16 PM

He picked one of my favorite instruments. I love the cello!

**Michelle68** · 07-29-2009, 11:09 PM

That's wonderful! We are also renting to own our son's clarinet. I bet your son is so excited.

**mauimagic** · 07-29-2009, 11:13 PM

That is to terrific!! Very happy for all of you - I love the cello - such magnificent sounds!!

**frugalfranny** · 07-29-2009, 11:50 PM

Congrats!

Enjoy the music!

**frugalwarrior** · 07-30-2009, 02:07 AM

We have a trumpet and a violin purchased the same way. My kids didn't stick w/ either but the skills they learned spurred my DS to take up guitar,base and now banjo. He and a friend are now making guitar body kits. You never know where this will take your kids. Ride on. Congrats. ps.instruments help w/ math and self disipline.

**imagine** · 07-30-2009, 04:41 AM

Originally Posted by Debbie-cat

That's great! Congratulations and great deal. I bet he is really happy.

He is very happy.

**imagine** · 07-30-2009, 04:47 AM

Originally Posted by onencgirl

Wow, that is a great deal. Strings are so expensive.

Oh my they are. I had no idea how much when we agreed to let him take up the Cello three years ago. Not that we would have told him no because of price. He doesn't ask to do much. And when he brought home the orchestra sign up paper back in 4th grade and presented it to us he was all lit up and said "I want to play the Cello"
You sure do try swing it when there is that much joy in their face just
from the get go.

**imagine** · 07-30-2009, 04:49 AM

Originally Posted by dcompton

He picked one of my favorite instruments. I love the cello!

I has a wonderful sound doesn't it? We all like its sound, including the dog. Whenever son starts playing she will run to wear he is and sit near by the whole practice section. It is so cute.

**imagine** · 07-30-2009, 04:52 AM

Originally Posted by Michelle68

That's wonderful! We are also renting to own our son's clarinet. I bet your son is so excited.

I think he is excited to know that this one he won't have to exchange like he did the others. That this one is his.

**imagine** · 07-30-2009, 04:54 AM

Originally Posted by frugalfranny

Congrats!

Enjoy the music!

It is getting more enjoyable the more years he plays. LOL At the last concert it was amazing to hear the difference between fourth graders and sixth graders

**imagine** · 07-30-2009, 05:12 AM

Originally Posted by frugalwarrior

We have a trumpet and a violin purchased the same way. My kids didn't stick w/ either but the skills they learned spurred my DS to take up guitar,base and now banjo. He and a friend are now making guitar body kits. You never know where this will take your kids. Ride on. Congrats. ps.instruments help w/ math and self disipline.

We have a banjo and a guitar. Hubby inherited the Banjo from his father he says that he wants to learn how to play it some day. We are currently borrowing the guitar from my mother. She was going to learn how to play it but never got around to it.

My son tried the trombone and gave that one up. (My ears are glad about that one), they learned how to play the Guitar in music class at school (hoping he can teach me) that would be fun to play, and of course the ever present Cello.

My daughter is going to be in third grade and they get to bring home recorders from school and they get awards for harder and harder pieces that they learn to play. She has been playing the one we have here for years so she is excited that she is finally old enough to do this at school. She is also trying to talk me into having my mom bring my autoharp up for her to play (it sorely needs tuning) She is also thinking of playing the violin when she is old enough. She had us measure her at the music store. She currently would be in a 1/8 size violin. My mom has two full size violins and said daughter could have one. But I'm thinking by the time we rented the smaller sizes until she grows in to the full size we might have "paid" for a new full size. Sigh. On the other hand she also is thinking she might want to play my clarinet. Oh all the possibilities when you are only 8.

I have to ask what are guitar body kits?