violin

Thanks to tectonic plates and whatnot, there's also a narrow ridge of bluffs that rises from the middle of the left-hand island in the manner of a bow, except it's in geologic time so it only makes a stroke every 10,000 years.

Isn't it dangerous to hold that big needle thing so close to your neck?

Joshua Bell is one of the USA's most talented violin players. The day before this performance in a D.C. subway station, he performed the same piece of music in closed counters at a 100$/ticket show. In the subway station that day, only one woman out of hundreds of persons walking buy actually stopped to appreciate the music.

Canadian artist Maskull Lasserre crafted a violin-esque instrument around a Magnum revolver. When you fire the gun, the strings resonate. It's like the 1920s gangsters who carry tommy guns in violin cases, but in reverse.

[via Neatorama]

A short documentary on a man in Brooklyn who makes violins.

A brutal design by Jeff Stratton for a wooden five-string electric violin, just in case you were thinking of adding an extra voice to your progressive metal band. It can be yours for only three thousand dollars.

Darth Vader playing the violin is 100x better than watching The Phantom Menace in 3D, amirite?

If you're ever in Victoria, show this man some love!

That icy landscape looks like it's too slippery to play on - she's obviously having trouble walking normally.

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