Unfortunately, it takes new strings a minimum of two weeks to settle at pitch. but only if they are tuned at least once a day. Sorry.A Northern California elementary school is suffering from a severe and widespread UAS infection... Students are ask to quarantine at least until they are taught to tune their instruments properly. Mass ukulele playing classes will resume in a week or two.View attachment 143663
Good for Mike Upton
Did they put it in an employee’s car after work and drop them off?Yes... Kala offers big discounts to schools... I doubt they made much profit on this pile. And shipping was free too...
Did they put it in an employee’s car after work and drop them off?
kudos to Kala and you!
Unfortunately, it takes new strings a minimum of two weeks to settle at pitch. but only if they are tuned at least once a day. Sorry.
Perhaps, assign the task to a 2 or 3-student team?
those strings have been on for a little while already tho'Unfortunately, it takes new strings a minimum of two weeks to settle at pitch. but only if they are tuned at least once a day. Sorry.
Perhaps, assign the task to a 2 or 3-student team?
So excited for your students. And glad to hear that Kala is helping make this possible for the school.
those strings have been on for a little while already tho'
I'm just so excited about this! I am really looking forward to hearing more about your students' progress through the year with these. We've been homeschooling, so the whole concept of watching growth happen, no matter the speed or intensity, is a big deal to me. It's a special kind of feeling having that opportunity to observe and reflect upon that growth. Lots of warm fuzzies!
It's nice to see other people doing this as I've had a similar idea. Maybe in 2-3 years when I'm more competent I'd like to work with my school system, public library, and/or kids section of the local hospital. I know there's a recent thread about some red tape involved with a hospital setting, but I guess that's bound to happen to some degree in any situation.
This can't be Shameless Self Promotion because you are doing really good things. Thank you and good luck. I hope you can record a short video for us about the progress of your studentsThanks! I just decided to start doing this on my own a few (pre-covid) years ago because my students were getting sick of playing recorders all the time. I asked all the parents to get their kids ukuleles for Christmas gifts (and bought a bunch of cheap-ies from eBay for those families who couldn't afford that) to get started. I've done this twice now with two different classes of mine.
Then we got a real music teacher... and I gave him one as well. That got the ball rolling... now it's an official part of our music program. Were are starting out with teaching the Fourth grade, and if we can we'll add a class per year.
And it all started when I got a Kala Yellow Shark four years ago as a Pledge Drive gift from our local Public Radio station and taught myself to play! I was taking a refresher course at the time and read an inspiring essay at https://sunnypapers.com/paper-samples/who-am-i/ which I shared with my students. Since then, I have been trying to be an example for others and try to improve myself every day.
Sorry... If I keep this up I may have to move this thread to Shameless Self Promotion...
Thanks... here is the funny part: Two new students added to this class so we will be ordering 2 more to add to this pile soon.This can't be Shameless Self Promotion because you are doing really good things. Thank you and good luck. I hope you can record a short video for us about the progress of your students