Consumerism!

[oloriel]

After Jörg repaired the ancient airgun we found in the attic (along with the WWII gun; but unlike the WWII gun which we had to turn in, we got to keep the airgun, which was a) broken and b) well, an airgun) last Monday, and found he got it to work but it was kind of unsatisfying.
Now ever since he was a boy he apparently dreamed of buying an airgun in a special shop in Remscheid, and this week he decided to give in and went and bought one. A Beretta, what's more.

...

Meanwhile, I have been desiring an Alto recorder for a while (not quite true: Actually I've been desiring an Alto and a new Soprano recorder for a while). Of course if I had the money to be truly irrational, I'd be looking at something made of olive or tulip wood, preferably by some reknowned recorder maker---
but let's face it, I am not, nor will I ever be, a professional or even particularly talented recorder player, nor am I likely to do anything more than play dancing tunes and christmas carols. For which my old elementary school soprano recorder should suffice, really.

But as Jörg irrationally fulfilled his childhood wish, I thought I'd be irrational, too...

Sooooo.... now I have a shiny new Alto recorder. 42 cm, pearwood with a cedar block (hey, that sounds almost Harry Potter-esque!) from a friendly Swiss manufacture.





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Only sad thing is I can't really play it much yet - during the first weeks I may only play it 5 - 10 minutes a day, to break it in so to say. If you'd told me a month ago I'd be impatient to finally play a musical instrument again, I'd have laughed at you...

So. Name suggestions? I'm half tempted to go with Daeron, but somehow that's so... depressive, so you suggest something. And then I'll discard it and go for Daeron anyway, or so. *ducks*

Comments

[chili-das-schaf.livejournal.com]

Ohhh that one looks a bit like my Alto recorder! A good recorder is really an investment for life, both my Moeck Rottenburghs have been with me about 20 years now :) I gave Alto lessons between Abi and university, so if you ever need some ... ;)

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

The Rottenburgh tempted me veeeery, veeery much. It's so pretty! But, alas, so expensive too! (I suspect that I'll go for the Rottenburgh when I eventually get around to replacing my Soprano recorder... *___*)

Careful what you offer, I might take you up on that ;)

[chili-das-schaf.livejournal.com]

Yup, that was a lifetime-gift by my parents back then. EDIT: Holy f***, I just looked up HOW expensive they are D: *cradles them*

I wouldn't mind, I've got nobody to play them with, I really miss it, and I've got still notes lying around here ;)

[satismagic.livejournal.com]

Sehr hübsch.

[vashachu.livejournal.com]

OoOoOoOoh, that's verrrry pretty!

I miss playing recorder! I used to play in a group in college...recorders, sackbutts,kremhorns...it was good times. I played my little plastic soprano recorder. I would've felt cooler with a nice wooden one, but alas, I was a poor college student.

[arwensommer.livejournal.com]

Oooooh! Looks nice! Now I'm equally tempted...