I was tuning a fiddle prior to placing it for sale at a festival recently, and the tailpiece gut gave out. With no replacement handy, I had to leave the damned thing home and still haven't repaired it nor offered it up for sale. And I can't sell it if'n I don't fix it!

Time to look among the boxes of miscellaneous instrument stuff before running off to the music store, sez I. It's not going to be a particularly high-priced instrument when in working condition, but it's essentially a "parts" instrument till I get it set up again.

Sigh. If 'tain't one thing, it's 'nuther!

Bob