AFA the cats, it sounds like a better fun thing for "terror flight"
than
the Dyson vacuum, for sure. Good wishes with the Gibson. Buy a
box of that liquid bandaid stuff they use on kids. Your fingers will
show wear, shall we say. That's why I switched to trumpet long ago.

Good luck with that. Biskit would probably love it. She even loves bad
accordian polka. You can't get her away from the thing. I seriously
wondered if she might be
deaf.  Yoda is an old-timer; he's lived through the DD's piano
practicing; DS's
tuba/trumpet practice; same DS learning "Taps" on the bugle as a Boy
Scout.
He'd probably take it in stride.
Bosley, Boots, and Frank would completely wig out and run under the
bed.
Let us know their reaction. I'm curious.

Sherry

Purrs and congratulations!

Lots of luck Mark. DH and I are taking up a new hobby as well -
kayaking.  Next weekend we're taking a whitewater kayaking course.
Maybe we can coordinate our learning curves so that by the time we're
learning to run Class III rapids you'll be able to play the classic
river running banjo song. :)

Julie

That's great!! And you never know which cats are actually going to
*enjoy* your playing.

I think banjo is in that group of instruments where you can pick up a
modicum of proficiency in a short time. I was just having a discussion
about this subject with someone yesterday, because we were talking about
drumming (hand drums, not western drum kit). It takes a lot of time and
practice to become an expert, no matter what instrument you're talking
about, but some instruments have a quick ramp-up time at the beinning,
so you can make decent sounds after only a short time of learning.
Guitar is one. Hand drums are also in this category. Violin and most
horns are *not*, as anyone who has ever lived with a beginner in one of
those instruments can tell you. :)

Good luck with the playing, it sounds like a lot of fun.

As soon as I saw the subject line, I thought, Mark has found a highly
scientific way to mess with the cats.  I was sort of right. ;)

Purrs for your new hobby. Your fingers will be sore until they get callouses
on them.

Yeee-Haw!  Soon as you learn Foggy Mountain Breakdown, ya gotta post it
on your web site so we can all hear it!

Sam, supervised by Mistletoe

Lots of purrs,
Polonca and Soncek