Celestial Resonance Violin Studio--Celeste Ellis Whiting

Instrument Care

Basic DOs:

Do wipe away excess rosin from the wood and strings when necessary. Excess rosin on the strings can make tone fuzzy and unclear. On the wood it can make a sticky home for dust and dirt.
Do check the position of your bridge. It should be perpendicular to the top of the instrument, not leaning toward the fingerboard.
Do keep your instrument in a stable indoor climate, away from heat sources including sun.
Have your bow rehaired regularly.
Do change your strings at the first signs of wear and tear, unwinding, false pitch, etc.
Do loosen your bow hair after playing.
Do ask your teacher for assistance should the pegs become difficult to move or keep in position.

Basic DON'Ts:

Don't transport your instrument in the car trunk. Your case might be wonderful protection against bumps, but why tempt fate.
Don't clean your strings or any part of your violin with rubbing alcohol.
Don't keep your violin near heat sources of any kind--radiators, sunny windows, forced air heating vents.
Don't let rosin build up on your strings or wood.
Don't leave your instrument in a hot, cold or even "just right" vehicle.
Don't leave your violin out of the case when you are not playing.

Celeste Ellis Whiting, B.M., M.S., is a graduate of the University of Illinois School of Music in Urbana-Champaign. She has also studied at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago, and the Meadowmount School of Music in New York. Her primary teachers include John Fredrickson, Catherine Tait, and Alberto Jaffe.

Her violin and music history studies are supplemented by graduate work in music librarianship and bibliography at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (University of Illinois).

For the last ten years, she has devoted her work to teaching individual students of all ages and ability levels. The threads that run through all these teaching relationships are a deep awareness of the student as a whole person in a complex world and a simple willingness to honor and cultivate a student's genuine desire to learn to play violin. Central to the teaching practice are compassion, challenge and respect.

An experienced reference librarian, she draws upon a world of resources--print, digital, and audio--to create a rich learning experience for students of varying ages, skill levels, and interests.

Conveniently located on the westside of Ann Arbor.

Call today to schedule a lesson or ask about instruction.

(734)998-1097

Contact Celeste by email with any questions or comments.