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Michael Smalky, 3, of Natick, Mass., tries out a child-sized cello at Johnson String Instrument in Natick Wednesday. Smalky wants to start lessons this fall. The store, Johnson String Instrument, rents out violins, violas and cellos and expects to fit more than 700 preschool and elementary schoolchildren with instruments for the start of the school year.

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