Dear Gillian and Jimmy,
What can I say…AWESOME – in every single respect I’m absolutely thrilled with the Nova. It arrived yesterday, and I took it up to school this morning – I wanted to open it and play it for the first time in my Music Therapy room. The very first thing that was a delight to behold was the colour and the size – Because it was 9 notes, I was expecting it to be bigger, but the size is so perfect – ‘understated’ in a way, and my goodness you got the combination of Green and Gold just right…
Then I lifted it out of the box, and seriously, I knew immediately, before even playing it, by the weight and craftsmanship, that this was a significant improvement on the originals.
Then I found the case and beaters – and yet again was really delighted with the quality of materials and workmanship – SO professional and far more robust and well mad than the HAPI cases…and then the perfect addition of the Skull cap (!!) well the mat…what a brilliant idea, and it just makes the whole package so complete and seductive!
And then to the moment ‘we’ve all been waiting for’!!! In the presence of a colleague (the IT specialist for our school whose office is next door to my room and who has taken such a delight in hearing and learning about the various instruments I bring from time to time) I played each note in turn…and it sent a kind of musical shiver down my spine! BEAUTIFUL – so warm, so melancholic, so mystical, so musical, tender and intriguing at the same time…
I feel I’ve learned to play the Kool well over the last year or two, so when I sat down to work with it today, and began to discover the nuances, the harmonics, the possibilities with combinations of notes, I just rejoiced in the sound that I know I will be working with very often with my wonderful, challenging community of children and young people…and yes, I started already today, and Kool Nova will feature much in the days, weeks and months ahead!
Gillian,Jimmy – many, many congratulations and THANK-YOU!!!!
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