A working instrument in the hand is worth two sitting in your closet.
So today I traded in my two pieces of crap violins for a new ukulele and a nice pennywhistle. I traded them in at Grassroots Guitar and the guy was very nice and helpful and strived to give me the whole worth of the violins and even gave me a nice case for my uke and a new set of strings and some picks! He knows how to play it right, that's for sure. Even tuned it, too. :) Yeah, next time I want a stringed instrument or need new strings or anything I'm definitely going back there.