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So...one of the things that I occasionally consider doing is teaching myself to play the violin. I once, when I was quite small, started taking violin lessons through my elementary school but ended up giving it up pretty quickly, mostly because it conflicted with choir and singing has always been my first and best love. I've always kind of regretted it, because the violin is such a beautiful instrument and, though I'm sure that I wouldn't ever be able to play it terribly well, being able to play at all would be a lot of fun. Much like my level of ability with the piano - I can plunk out hymns and showtunes and can work out classical pieces if I take the time to do so and that's enough for me. That's really about the level of musical skill that I want with anything that isn't singing - I'm not interested in performing, just in playing for my own enjoyment.

Violins are terribly expensive, though. However, since I would be playing pretty much only for me, perhaps it wouldn't matter as much if I started out on a fairly cheap instrument. So today, I am spending time poking around on the internet, looking at violins.

It's something to keep considering, at least.