Looks like the consensus is, don’t bring your own instrument but borrow or hire when you get here! You haven’t said exactly when you’re coming, but you might like to tie in with dates of folk festivals, although of course accommodation will be harder to come by then. Shetland FF runs from 2nd - 5th May, and Orkney FF from 23rd - 26th May. There’s also Shetland Folk Frenzy from August 8th- 11th August, a summer school aimed mainly at fiddlers, but there is a pianist among the tutors. And the St Magnus International Festival in Orkney, which has everything from classical to jazz to folk, from 21st - 28th June.
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