I picked up my hire cello and despite a booming C string, and slightly crappy strings overall, it's not too bad. It was one of those moments where you're sitting in the middle of an all-purpose music shop trying cellos (no private room with humidity control for me, apparently) trying not to act like you're too up your own arse about the whole thing… anyway, I picked the cheaper of the two because I couldn't get a decent sound out of the other one.
The lighter bow has been good with the Bach, I wonder whether I should try another one on a regular basis.
The jetlag is killing me. And I can't figure out why there is so much water in the loo bowl… I keep thinking they're going to overflow.
