A little bit scared.

 So my octave mandolin, Pearl, has been developing a bit of a buzz.  It started as a bit of an edge on the high notes, that I could avoid by playing a bit more quietly and placing my fingers a bit more carefully.  But when I came back from visiting my family it was pretty noticeable.  And then on Friday night, the top string stopped playing the correct pitch above the third fret.  No matter which fret I hit up there, the strings played the same "note" and it was the wrong "note" and it didn't ring properly, hence the quotes.

I had never taken either of the mandolins to a shop for repair, but it was plainly time.  It was borderline whether I could play my concert with her that way, and I'd promised to loan her to Allegra and didn't want to have to say "oh by the way the top string doesn't play."  I did some hasty googling, called around a bit Saturday morning and drove in to Knoxville to drop Pearl off at Rush Music.  The repair tech (who was either very impressed with her quality or a simply marvelous liar diplomat) seemed to think it would be a relatively easy fix, but I didn't hear back from her Saturday.  The shop is closed today but I think I'll give them a call Monday and see what is up.  They promised to be done by Thursday morning at the latest, but it's suboptimal not to have her for practicing.   Fortunately all the chordshapes are the same between the mandolin and the octave mandolin, so I can do a lot of the practicing on Lark but still, I'd prefer to use the real thing.

I'm a little bit nervous about this and could use someone to hold my hand and tell me everything will be alright.