At the end of September Willem started Suzuki violin. We kept hearing about Suzuki in books and from friends and after reading up on how the approach was developed we were excited for Willem to start. One of the big selling points for us was that Suzuki is all about family, the parents and teacher works as a team to support the child in their development. Willem and I went to the first lesson and were given the assignment of making a box violin. That night we gathered our supplies and the next day we had a family night, each drawing pictures to decorate the violin.
After a few lessons with Ms. Megyn on the box violin, Willem was ready for the real violin. We had a lot of fun going to different violin shops and music stores. Some were places we pass on a regular basis and never had a reason to stop in. It was quite an adventure. Since Jason and I knew nothing about vioins, we were sponges as we met with the various luthiers and looked at violins that were identical to our untrained eyes. We also learned that violins break quite easily when dropped and agreed we wouldn't practice on tile or hardwood floors for the forseeable future.
Ultimately we found the right violin at Andrews Violin Shop with the wrangling help of Grandma. (Ellie was quite drawn to the large Bass').
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