Lessons
Recently our oldest son decided that he wanted to learn how to play the guitar. Naturally, the places that give lessons require that the students buy musical instruments instead of loaning them out. Fortunately for me, I still had my old acoustic guitar from when I was going through that “I want to learn to play the guitar” and I lent it to him for class. The teacher told him that he needed a new bridge, so I took it to the local music shop where the owner repaired it for free.
He continued with the guitar lessons for only about six weeks, and then decided not to continue after that. I sure was glad that we didn’t spend a lot of money buying him a new guitar! And now the guitar is packed away for the next time someone decides to give it a try!