I've loaned out my fiddle, which I treasure, not always to people who play well, but to people I trust. There's a certain skill level involved in the fiddle, and I guess I believe in a certain level of musical karma/kindness. There's also a lot of curiosity amongst us fiddlers as to sound, action, bow, etc. so we often are interested in trying out each otheer's instruments. I always take it back as soon as someone moves to put it down though, and it always goes into the case when I am not holding it.
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