String Instrument Care Quiz

What happens if you leave your instrument in the car or near a heating/cooling vent?

• It can get wet.

• It can get too hot or too cold.

• The case can break.

Instruments are breakable. We should treat them _______________.

• with great care

• like they are indestructible

What happens if you touch the bow hair too much?

• The hair turns black from the oil on your hands

• Your hands turn black from the rosin

• Your bow hair shrinks.

• Your bow hair stretches out.

If you break your instrument, what should you do?

• Glue it together

• Throw it away

• Show it to Mrs. Unruh

• Pretend you forgot your instrument

Keep your ______ _____ cut short, because if they're too long you can't play well.

Are these statements both true or both false?

-If you screw your shoulder rest feet all the way in, they can break off.

-Cellos and basses should always put in their endpins when they’re finished playing.

• True

• False

Extremely cold temperatures mean we turn on the heaters. This dries out the air. What can you use to keep your instrument from drying out?

• cleaning cloth

• wet washcloths

• rosin

• a humidifier inside the sound holes

For playing, tighten the bow so that a _____ can fit inside – no more!

Always ________________ the bow hair after playing. If you don’t it can get stretched out and be completely unusable.

• loosen
• tighten

After you play, wipe off the rosin from the instrument with a soft ______________.

• shoulder rest

• coat

• cloth

• wet washcloth