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Edit: so it turns out that every hobby can be expensive if you do it long enough.

Also I love how you talk about your hobby as some addicts.

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[-] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

My older sister was a very accomplished viola player; she was playing for the all-state youth symphony orchestra (2nd chair?) when she was 16 or 17.

Then she went to BYU, got married, had fucked-if-I-know-how-many kids (it's at least eight), and.... Just doesn't do anything with it anymore. It's such a damn shame. I don't know if she could have been a professional concert violist, but she could have done more with it than she did. I have a friend that was a luthier before he had an accident, so I have a very rough idea of what a good instrument costs, and what maintenance and repairs run--and the cost of a good bow--so I know that shit's expensive. But still.

[-] TruTollTroll@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I get it. I was second chair for our highschool orchestra and symphonic orchestra. I also played pit orchestra for our plays. I definitely miss it.. but I just don't have time to play it like I would want... I also need to relearn to count and sight read

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