Since_PRP last_ORD summer_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 Instagram_AJ0 account_NN1 @_PRP violintorture_NN1 has_VHZ offered_VVN a_AT0 riposte_NN1 to_PRP the_AT0 centuries-old_AJ0 craft_NN1 of_PRF violin-making_NN1 ,_PUN or_CJC lutherie_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ Can_VM0 you_PNP still_AV0 play_VVB a_AT0 violin_NN1 after_PRP cutting_VVG it_PNP up_AVP ?_SENT "_PUQ the_AT0 account_NN1 's_POS creator_NN1 ,_PUN Tyler_NP0 Thackray_NP0 ,_PUN asked_VVN before_PRP sawing_VVG an_AT0 instrument_NN1 into_PRP thirds_CRD ,_PUN to_TO0 celebrate_VVI his_DPS ten_CRD thousandth_ORD follower_NN1 ._SENT (_PUL The_AT0 answer_NN1 ,_PUN somehow_AV0 ,_PUN is_VBZ yes_ITJ ._SENT )_PUR The_AT0 basement_NN1 of_PRF Thackray_NP0 's_POS home_NN1 in_PRP San_NP0 Francisco_NP0 ,_PUN which_DTQ he_PNP calls_VVZ his_DPS "_PUQ dungeon_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ is_VBZ filled_VVN with_PRP a_AT0 pullulating_AJ0 population_NN1 of_PRF misfit_NN1 instruments_NN2 ,_PUN cobbled_VVN together_AV0 from_PRP cheap_AJ0 violins_NN2 that_CJT he_PNP acquires_VVZ online_AJ0 ._SENT There_EX0 is_VBZ a_AT0 violin_NN1 with_PRP the_AT0 strings_NN2 installed_VVN underneath_PRP its_DPS body_NN1 ,_PUN so_AV0 that_CJT it_PNP can_VM0 only_AV0 be_VBI played_VVN upside_NN1 down_AVP ._SENT Another_DT0 with_PRP no_AT0 head_NN1 ,_PUN in_PRP a_AT0 nod_NN1 to_PRP the_AT0 haunting_NN1 of_PRF Ichabod_NP0 Crane_NP0 ._SENT A_AT0 "_PUQ slim-olin_NN1 "_PUQ conjured_VVN by_PRP slicing_VVG a_AT0 violin_NN1 in_PRP half_DT0 ._SENT A_AT0 violinist_NN1 myself_PNX ,_PUN I_PNP shuddered_VVD through_PRP a_AT0 video_NN1 in_PRP which_DTQ a_AT0 violin_NN1 seems_VVZ to_TO0 writhe_VVI as_CJS Thackray_NP0 saws_VVZ off_AVP its_DPS scroll_NN1 ._SENT Was_VBD this_DT0 possibly_AV0 an_AT0 issue_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 local_AJ0 A.S.P.C.A._NP0 ?_SENT 
In_PRP the_AT0 four_CRD and_CJC a_AT0 half_DT0 centuries_NN2 since_PRP the_AT0 Cremonese_AJ0 luthier_NN1 Andrea_NP0 Amati_NP0 helped_VVD bring_VVI the_AT0 modern-day_AJ0 violin_NN1 to_PRP life_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 instrument_NN1 has_VHZ become_VVN an_AT0 object_NN1 of_PRF near-religious_AJ0 devotion_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 commenters_NN2 on_PRP Thackray_NP0 's_POS Instagram_AJ0 fume_NN1 over_PRP his_DPS sacrilegious_AJ0 antics_NN2 :_PUN "_PUQ I_PNP 'm_VBB sure_AJ0 you_PNP 're_VBB a_AT0 great_AJ0 person_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC man_NN1 do_VDB I_PNP hate_VVI this_DT0 account_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ one_CRD person_NN1 writes_VVZ ._SENT Thackray_NP0 ,_PUN who_PNQ is_VBZ thirty-nine_CRD and_CJC works_NN0 as_PRP a_AT0 software_NN1 engineer_NN1 ,_PUN cannot_NP0 actually_AV0 play_VVB the_AT0 violin_NN1 —_PUN his_DPS primary_AJ0 instrument_NN1 is_VBZ the_AT0 electric_AJ0 bass_NN1 ,_PUN though_CJS he_PNP also_AV0 identifies_VVZ as_PRP an_AT0 amateur_AJ0 viola-da-gamba_NN1 player_NN1 —_PUN and_CJC many_DT0 of_PRF the_AT0 professional_AJ0 violinists_NN2 whom_PNQ he_PNP has_VHZ e-mailed_VVN about_PRP trying_VVG his_DPS mutant_NN1 instruments_NN2 have_VHB refused_VVN ._SENT He_PNP feeds_VVZ off_AVP the_AT0 derision_NN1 ,_PUN describing_VVG himself_PNX as_PRP a_AT0 button-pusher_NN1 with_PRP a_AT0 jones_NN2 for_PRP arguing_VVG online_AJ0 ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP guess_VVB you_PNP could_VM0 just_AV0 call_VVI me_PNP an_AT0 asshole_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP admitted_VVD during_PRP a_AT0 Zoom_NN1 call_NN1 ,_PUN while_CJS his_DPS twin_AJ0 pugs_NN2 ,_PUN Brucie_NP0 and_CJC Bozu_NP0 ,_PUN snored_VVD in_PRP his_DPS lap_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ There_EX0 's_VBZ times_NN2 where_AVQ I_PNP will_VM0 build_VVI a_AT0 violin_NN1 and_CJC think_VVB ,_PUN Someone_PNI 's_VBZ going_VVG to_TO0 hate_VVI this_DT0 ._SENT It_PNP 's_VBZ one_CRD of_PRF my_DPS biggest_AJS motivations_NN2 ._SENT "_PUQ 
Like_PRP salami_NN1 or_CJC the_AT0 flush_AJ0 toilet_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 violin_NN1 is_VBZ considered_VVN among_PRP the_AT0 rare_AJ0 instances_NN2 of_PRF human_AJ0 ingenuity_NN1 that_CJT ,_PUN centuries_NN2 after_PRP its_DPS invention_NN1 ,_PUN has_VHZ left_VVN virtually_AV0 nothing_PNI to_TO0 be_VBI desired_VVN ._SENT During_PRP the_AT0 eighteenth_ORD century_NN1 ,_PUN in_PRP the_AT0 violin-making_NN1 capital_NN1 of_PRF Cremona_NP0 ,_PUN in_PRP modern-day_AJ0 Italy_NP0 ,_PUN the_AT0 Amati_NN1 ,_PUN Stradivari_NP0 ,_PUN and_CJC Guarneri_NP0 families_NN2 united_AJ0 power_NN1 ,_PUN tone_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC aesthetics_NN1 in_PRP developing_VVG the_AT0 instrument_NN1 that_CJT remains_VVZ the_AT0 prototype_NN1 for_PRP violins_NN2 today_AV0 ._SENT The_AT0 celebrated_AJ0 luthier_NN1 Joseph_NP0 Curtin_NP0 describes_VVZ most_DT0 violin_NN1 innovations_NN2 as_CJS "_PUQ shaving_VVG a_AT0 few_DT0 tenths_CRD of_PRF a_AT0 second_ORD off_PRP the_AT0 hundred-meter_NN1 dash_NN1 "_PUQ :_PUN tiny_AJ0 acoustical_AJ0 adjustments_NN2 to_PRP the_AT0 instrument_NN1 's_POS existing_AJ0 form_NN1 ._SENT If_CJS the_AT0 violin_NN1 world_NN1 errs_VVZ conservative_AJ0 ,_PUN the_AT0 reasons_NN2 ,_PUN according_VVG to_PRP the_AT0 luthier_NN1 Julie_NP0 Reed-Yeboah_NP0 ,_PUN are_VBB self-evident_AJ0 ._SENT "_PUQ The_AT0 shape_NN1 is_VBZ the_AT0 shape_NN1 it_PNP has_VHZ to_TO0 be_VBI ,_PUN "_PUQ she_PNP said_VVD ._SENT "_PUQ The_AT0 whole_AJ0 violin_NN1 has_VHZ a_AT0 purpose_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ 
Within_PRP this_DT0 world_NN1 of_PRF hallowed_AJ0 tradition_NN1 ,_PUN Thackray_NP0 has_VHZ let_VVN his_DPS Franken-instruments_NP0 loose_AJ0 ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP was_VBD always_AV0 choosing_VVG the_AT0 alt_NN1 thing_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP said_VVD of_PRF high_AJ0 school_NN1 ,_PUN where_CJS he_PNP was_VBD a_AT0 class_NN1 clown_NN1 ,_PUN sporting_AJ0 dreadlocks_NN2 and_CJC piercings_NN2 ,_PUN listening_VVG to_PRP a_AT0 lot_NN1 of_PRF metal_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC playing_VVG the_AT0 electric_AJ0 bass_NN1 ._SENT These_DT0 days_NN2 ,_PUN he_PNP has_VHZ pared_VVN down_AVP to_PRP short_AJ0 hair_NN1 and_CJC two_CRD tasteful_AJ0 sets_NN2 of_PRF ear_NN1 gauges_NN2 and_CJC lip_NN1 rings_NN2 ,_PUN which_DTQ are_VBB softened_VVN by_PRP his_DPS frequent_AJ0 smiles_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC a_AT0 gallery_NN1 of_PRF tattoos_NN2 inspired_VVN by_PRP Japanese_AJ0 mythology_NN1 ._SENT Thackray_NP0 had_VHD long_AV0 bristled_VVN at_PRP the_AT0 violin_NN1 's_POS goody-goody_AJ0 airs_NN2 as_CJS expressed_VVN by_PRP those_DT0 such_DT0 as_CJS TwoSet_NN1 Violin_NN1 ,_PUN an_AT0 Australian_AJ0 classical-music_AJ0 comedy_NN1 duo_NN1 with_PRP more_AV0 than_CJS three_CRD million_CRD subscribers_NN2 on_PRP YouTube_NP0 ._SENT During_PRP lockdown_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 friend_NN1 suggested_VVD that_CJT Thackray_NP0 revisit_VVB an_AT0 earlier_AJC interest_NN1 in_PRP lutherie_NN1 ,_PUN sparked_VVD when_CJS he_PNP was_VBD learning_VVG the_AT0 upright_AJ0 bass_NN1 some_DT0 years_NN2 ago_AV0 ._SENT "_PUQ From_PRP a_AT0 purely_AV0 business_NN1 perspective_NN1 ,_PUN I_PNP thought_VVD I_PNP could_VM0 start_VVI an_AT0 Insta_NN1 and_CJC be_VBI TwoSet_NN1 's_POS archnemesis_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP said_VVD ._SENT While_CJS repairing_VVG his_DPS first_ORD instrument_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 violin_NN1 he_PNP purchased_VVD on_PRP a_AT0 whim_NN1 ,_PUN Thackray_NP0 realized_VVD that_CJT the_AT0 clamps_NN2 required_VVN to_TO0 hold_VVI the_AT0 parts_NN2 together_AV0 were_VBD reminiscent_AJ0 of_PRF a_AT0 torture_NN1 device_NN1 ._SENT An_AT0 Instagram_AJ0 handle_NN1 was_VBD born_VVN ._SENT 
Thackray_NP0 has_VHZ only_AV0 respect_VVB for_PRP skilled_AJ0 luthiers_NN2 and_CJC will_VM0 readily_AV0 admit_VVI that_CJT he_PNP is_VBZ not_XX0 one_PNI ._SENT "_PUQ There_EX0 's_VBZ times_NN2 when_CJS my_DPS hand_NN1 slips_NN2 —_PUN stupid_AJ0 mistakes_NN2 like_PRP that_DT0 ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP said_VVD ._SENT "_PUQ Most_DT0 of_PRF the_AT0 time_NN1 ,_PUN when_CJS I_PNP screw_VVB up_AVP ,_PUN it_PNP 's_VBZ because_CJS I_PNP 'm_VBB a_AT0 little_AV0 drunk_AJ0 ._SENT "_PUQ The_AT0 @_PRP violintorture_NN1 account_NN1 is_VBZ less_AV0 about_AV0 innovating_AJ0 within_PRP the_AT0 bounds_NN2 of_PRF the_AT0 violin_NN1 than_CJS it_PNP is_VBZ about_AV0 rocketing_VVG out_AVP of_PRF bounds_NN2 :_PUN gutting_VVG instruments_NN2 and_CJC then_AV0 ramming_VVG their_DPS parts_NN2 together_AV0 to_TO0 unleash_VVI unforeseen_AJ0 ,_PUN chaotic_AJ0 potential_NN1 ._SENT As_CJS a_AT0 mostly_AV0 self-taught_AJ0 hobbyist_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 sort_NN1 whose_DTQ hobby_NN1 has_VHZ colonized_VVN his_DPS entire_AJ0 basement_NN1 ,_PUN Thackray_NP0 has_VHZ no_AT0 plans_NN2 to_TO0 turn_VVI a_AT0 profit_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC so_AV0 he_PNP is_VBZ free_AJ0 to_TO0 realize_VVI the_AT0 demented_AJ0 ,_PUN "_PUQ disruptive_AJ0 "_PUQ violin_NN1 visions_NN2 that_CJT would_VM0 destroy_VVI a_AT0 traditional_AJ0 luthier_NN1 's_POS reputation_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ My_DPS whole_AJ0 approach_NN1 is_VBZ ,_PUN basically_AV0 ,_PUN do_VDB what_DTQ the_AT0 other_AJ0 guys_NN2 ca_VM0 n't_XX0 ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP said_VVD ._SENT 
Like_PRP the_AT0 evolution_NN1 of_PRF species_NN0 ,_PUN the_AT0 evolution_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 violin_NN1 is_VBZ marked_VVN with_PRP a_AT0 number_NN1 of_PRF experiments_NN2 that_CJT did_VDD n't_XX0 catch_VVI on_AVP ._SENT The_AT0 nineteenth-century_AJ0 French_AJ0 violin_NN1 maker_NN1 Jean-Baptiste_NP0 Vuillaume_NP0 ,_PUN for_PRP all_DT0 his_DPS skill_NN1 ,_PUN introduced_VVD a_AT0 number_NN1 of_PRF solutions_NN2 for_PRP violinists_NN2 that_DT0 history_NN1 has_VHZ shown_VVN the_AT0 door_NN1 ,_PUN including_PRP an_AT0 ill-conceived_AJ0 metal_NN1 bow_NN1 (_PUL too_AV0 easy_AJ0 to_TO0 dent_VVI )_PUR ._SENT Modern_AJ0 makers_NN2 such_DT0 as_PRP Curtin_NP0 have_VHB offered_VVN promising_AJ0 directions_NN2 for_PRP the_AT0 violin_NN1 by_PRP wielding_VVG scientific_AJ0 insights_NN2 in_PRP a_AT0 field_NN1 that_CJT has_VHZ historically_AV0 held_VVN new_AJ0 technologies_NN2 at_PRP arm_NN1 's_POS length_NN1 ._SENT Curtin_NP0 's_POS Ultralight_AJ0 line_NN1 reduces_VVZ the_AT0 weight_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 instrument_NN1 and_CJC offers_VVZ players_NN2 a_AT0 way_NN1 to_TO0 make_VVI adjustments_NN2 to_PRP certain_AJ0 aspects_NN2 that_CJT would_VM0 normally_AV0 require_VVI a_AT0 technician_NN1 ,_PUN such_DT0 as_PRP string_NN1 height_NN1 ._SENT Another_DT0 unconventional_AJ0 violin_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 luthier_NN1 Andrew_NP0 Carruthers_NP0 's_POS Turtle_NN1 Fiddle_NN1 ,_PUN developed_VVN last_ORD year_NN1 ,_PUN draws_VVZ inspiration_NN1 from_PRP the_AT0 blistered_AJ0 appearance_NN1 of_PRF its_DPS namesake_NN1 's_POS shell_NN1 ._SENT 
For_PRP most_DT0 players_NN2 ,_PUN these_DT0 innovative_AJ0 instruments_NN2 amount_NN1 to_PRP eccentric_AJ0 distant_AJ0 cousins_NN2 ,_PUN interesting_AJ0 in_PRP theory_NN1 but_CJC not_XX0 worth_PRP the_AT0 risk_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 researcher_NN1 Karin_NP0 Bijsterveld_NP0 ,_PUN working_VVG with_PRP the_AT0 bassist_NN1 Marten_NP0 Schulp_NP0 ,_PUN has_VHZ described_VVN how_AVQ musicians_NN2 tend_VVB to_TO0 resist_VVI innovations_NN2 in_PRP orchestral_AJ0 instruments_NN2 ,_PUN even_AV0 adjustments_NN2 that_CJT might_VM0 make_VVI them_PNP easier_AJC to_TO0 play_VVI ._SENT Performers_NN2 want_VVB to_TO0 preserve_VVI a_AT0 sense_NN1 of_PRF identity_NN1 and_CJC pride_NN1 ,_PUN not_XX0 to_TO0 mention_VVI their_DPS livelihoods_NN2 ,_PUN from_PRP having_VHG mastered_VVN instruments_NN2 with_PRP a_AT0 vertiginous_AJ0 learning_NN1 curve_NN1 ._SENT 
Thackray_NP0 is_VBZ not_XX0 asking_VVG anyone_PNI to_TO0 trade_VVI in_PRP their_DPS Strad_NN1 for_PRP a_AT0 slim-olin_NN1 —_PUN one_CRD ,_PUN after_PRP all_DT0 ,_PUN is_VBZ not_XX0 like_PRP the_AT0 other_AJ0 —_PUN but_CJC ,_PUN rather_AV0 ,_PUN to_TO0 posit_VVI that_CJT the_AT0 violin_NN1 can_VM0 be_VBI a_AT0 tabula_NN1 rasa_NN1 for_PRP gleeful_AJ0 ,_PUN impractical_AJ0 experimentation_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ Classical_AJ0 music_NN1 is_VBZ so_AV0 fucking_AV0 serious_AJ0 that_CJT people_NN0 lose_VVB their_DPS sense_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 fact_NN1 that_CJT the_AT0 instrument_NN1 is_VBZ a_AT0 form_NN1 of_PRF entertainment_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP said_VVD ._SENT "_PUQ It_PNP 's_VBZ still_AV0 art_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 purpose_NN1 should_VM0 be_VBI fun_AJ0 ._SENT "_PUQ He_PNP holds_VVZ that_CJT craft_NN1 in_PRP lutherie_NN1 is_VBZ secondary_AJ0 to_PRP having_VHG ideas_NN2 —_PUN like_VVB in_PRP his_DPS first_ORD major_AJ0 projects_NN2 ,_PUN the_AT0 violele_NN1 and_CJC ukulin_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 violin_NN1 with_PRP a_AT0 ukelele_NN1 's_POS neck_NN1 and_CJC vice_AJ0 versa_NN1 ._SENT In_PRP recent_AJ0 months_NN2 ,_PUN Thackray_NP0 has_VHZ expanded_VVN his_DPS workshop_NN1 to_TO0 include_VVI a_AT0 computer-numerical-control_NN1 (_PUL C.N.C._NP0 )_PUR and_CJC 3-D_AJ0 printer_NN1 ._SENT These_DT0 devices_NN2 are_VBB considered_VVN verboten_VVB among_PRP luthiers_NN2 ,_PUN who_PNQ pride_VVB themselves_PNX on_PRP achieving_VVG results_NN2 purely_AV0 with_PRP their_DPS own_DT0 hands_NN2 ._SENT A_AT0 traditional_AJ0 violin_NN1 can_VM0 take_VVI around_AVP hundreds_CRD of_PRF hours_NN2 to_TO0 make_VVI ,_PUN not_XX0 including_PRP the_AT0 many_DT0 years_NN2 of_PRF training_NN1 and_CJC apprenticeship_NN1 that_CJT qualify_VVB one_PNI to_TO0 coax_VVI an_AT0 instrument_NN1 from_PRP a_AT0 few_DT0 slabs_NN2 of_PRF wood_NN1 ._SENT 
As_CJS Thackray_NP0 walked_VVD me_PNP through_PRP his_DPS dungeon_NN1 via_PRP Zoom_NN1 ,_PUN he_PNP pointed_VVD out_AVP violins_NN2 ,_PUN cellos_NN2 ,_PUN guitars_NN2 ,_PUN ukeleles_NN2 ,_PUN an_AT0 erhu_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 Stroh_NN1 violin_NN1 (_PUL itself_PNX a_AT0 hybrid_NN1 of_PRF violin_NN1 and_CJC horn_NN1 )_PUR ,_PUN and_CJC other_AJ0 instruments_NN2 sprawled_VVN across_PRP tables_NN2 and_CJC the_AT0 floor_NN1 ,_PUN awaiting_VVG their_DPS fate_NN1 ._SENT Maneuvering_VVG between_PRP machines_NN2 ,_PUN wood_NN1 piles_NN2 ,_PUN cabinets_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC benches_NN2 laden_VVN with_PRP tools_NN2 ,_PUN he_PNP picked_VVD up_AVP a_AT0 torturing-in-progress_NN1 :_PUN an_AT0 instrument_NN1 that_CJT will_VM0 be_VBI a_AT0 violin_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 front_NN1 and_CJC a_AT0 mandolin_NN1 on_PRP the_AT0 back_NN1 ,_PUN with_PRP two_CRD necks_NN2 and_CJC twelve_CRD strings_NN2 —_PUN "_PUQ if_CJS it_PNP works_VVZ ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP added_VVD slyly_AV0 ,_PUN with_PRP all_DT0 the_AT0 bedside_NN1 manner_NN1 of_PRF a_AT0 vulture_NN1 ._SENT As_CJS he_PNP rattled_VVD off_AVP a_AT0 list_NN1 of_PRF increasingly_AV0 outlandish_AJ0 future_NN1 projects_NN2 ,_PUN he_PNP turned_VVD into_PRP an_AT0 adjacent_AJ0 space_NN1 that_DT0 is_VBZ home_AV0 to_PRP honey-filled_AJ0 buckets_NN2 and_CJC other_AJ0 remnants_NN2 of_PRF his_DPS original_AJ0 plan_NN1 to_TO0 turn_VVI the_AT0 basement_NN1 into_PRP a_AT0 mead_NN1 plant_NN1 (_PUL he_PNP is_VBZ also_AV0 a_AT0 beekeeper_NN1 )_PUR ,_PUN though_CJS he_PNP has_VHZ not_XX0 harvested_VVN a_AT0 drop_NN1 since_PRP his_DPS violin_NN1 habit_NN1 took_VVD hold_NN1 ._SENT His_DPS girlfriend_NN1 ,_PUN accustomed_VVN to_PRP his_DPS whiplash_NN1 passions_NN2 ,_PUN did_VDD n't_XX0 blink_VVI ._SENT 
Most_DT0 of_PRF Thackray_NP0 's_POS work_NN1 ,_PUN such_DT0 as_PRP a_AT0 crowdsourced_AJ0 3-D-printed_AJ0 violin_NN1 made_VVN from_PRP a_AT0 design_NN1 by_PRP the_AT0 Portland-based_AJ0 product_NN1 designer_NN1 David_NP0 Perry_NP0 ,_PUN is_VBZ inspired_VVN by_PRP followers_NN2 and_CJC luthiers_NN2 with_PRP whom_PNQ he_PNP has_VHZ connected_VVN through_PRP Instagram_NN1 —_PUN and_CJC some_DT0 of_PRF them_PNP have_VHB ,_PUN in_PRP turn_NN1 ,_PUN been_VBN inspired_VVN by_PRP him_PNP to_TO0 create_VVI their_DPS own_DT0 violin_NN1 projects_NN2 ._SENT Although_CJS Thackray_NP0 aims_VVZ to_TO0 demonstrate_VVI that_CJT starting_VVG in_PRP lutherie_NN1 need_VM0 not_XX0 entail_VVI hermitage_NN1 in_PRP a_AT0 remote_AJ0 Italian_AJ0 village_NN1 ,_PUN he_PNP is_VBZ transparent_AJ0 about_PRP how_AVQ quickly_AV0 the_AT0 hobby_NN1 can_VM0 leave_VVI one_PNI 's_POS wallet_NN1 gasping_VVG ._SENT Even_AV0 a_AT0 damaged_AJ0 violin_NN1 or_CJC a_AT0 so-called_AJ0 V.S.O._NN1 —_PUN a_AT0 "_PUQ violin-shaped_NN1 object_NN1 "_PUQ which_DTQ looks_VVZ and_CJC feels_VVZ like_PRP a_AT0 violin_NN1 but_CJC ,_PUN owing_VVG to_PRP damning_AJ0 structural_AJ0 issues_NN2 ,_PUN cannot_NN1 be_VBI played_VVN to_PRP any_DT0 satisfaction_NN1 —_PUN can_VM0 run_VVI higher_AJC than_CJS a_AT0 hundred_CRD dollars_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC Thackray_NP0 ,_PUN an_AT0 Android_NN1 developer_NN1 with_PRP income_NN1 to_TO0 spare_VVI ,_PUN has_VHZ now_AV0 footed_VVN the_AT0 cost_NN1 for_PRP more_AV0 than_CJS forty_CRD ._SENT 
The_AT0 process_NN1 of_PRF "_PUQ torturing_VVG "_PUQ in_PRP the_AT0 name_NN1 of_PRF innovation_NN1 has_VHZ led_VVN Thackray_NP0 to_TO0 reconsider_VVI his_DPS own_DT0 preconceptions_NN2 about_PRP the_AT0 violin_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ The_AT0 human_AJ0 body_NN1 seems_VVZ so_AV0 delicate_AJ0 ,_PUN but_CJC you_PNP can_VM0 fall_VVI down_AVP the_AT0 side_NN1 of_PRF a_AT0 mountain_NN1 ,_PUN get_VVB hit_VVN by_PRP a_AT0 car_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC still_AV0 survive_VVB ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP mused_VVD ,_PUN considering_VVG how_AVQ many_DT0 of_PRF his_DPS victims_NN2 still_AV0 manage_VVB to_TO0 make_VVI sound_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ The_AT0 violin_NN1 has_VHZ that_DT0 same_DT0 dichotomy_NN1 —_PUN it_PNP 's_VBZ both_AV0 robust_AJ0 and_CJC not_XX0 ._SENT "_PUQ Moreover_AV0 ,_PUN for_PRP all_DT0 the_AT0 violin_NN1 's_POS innocent_AJ0 posturing_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 instrument_NN1 is_VBZ an_AT0 embalming_NN1 in_PRP plain_AJ0 sight_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 collage_NN1 of_PRF animal_NN1 remains_VVZ often_AV0 obtained_VVN through_PRP slaughter_NN1 ._SENT Bows_NN2 can_VM0 include_VVI leather_NN1 ,_PUN mother-of-pearl_NN1 ,_PUN or_CJC even_AV0 ivory_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 result_NN1 of_PRF poaching_NN1 ,_PUN in_PRP their_DPS construction_NN1 ,_PUN as_CJS well_AV0 as_CJS the_AT0 requisite_AJ0 hair_NN1 ,_PUN usually_AV0 from_PRP horses_NN2 that_CJT have_VHB already_AV0 been_VBN killed_VVN for_PRP their_DPS byproducts_NN2 ;_PUN their_DPS skin_NN1 ,_PUN bones_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC tendons_NN2 are_VBB also_AV0 transformed_VVN into_PRP the_AT0 hide_NN1 glue_NN1 that_CJT keeps_VVZ the_AT0 violin_NN1 together_AV0 ._SENT Furthermore_AV0 ,_PUN per_PRP their_DPS name_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 gut_NN1 strings_NN2 used_VVN mainly_AV0 by_PRP early-music_AJ0 practitioners_NN2 typically_AV0 contain_VVB sheep_NN0 intestines_NN2 ._SENT Accounting_NN1 for_PRP all_DT0 this_DT0 gore_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 dose_NN1 of_PRF horror_NN1 with_PRP which_DTQ Thackray_NP0 imbues_VVZ his_DPS Instagram_NN1 starts_VVZ to_TO0 seem_VVI redundant_AJ0 ._SENT 
During_PRP our_DPS conversation_NN1 ,_PUN Reed-Yeboah_NP0 ,_PUN the_AT0 luthier_NN1 ,_PUN expressed_VVN repeatedly_AV0 that_CJT she_PNP considers_VVZ Thackray_NP0 's_POS work_NN1 to_TO0 be_VBI of_PRF such_DT0 poor_AJ0 craftsmanship_NN1 as_CJS to_TO0 be_VBI "_PUQ a_AT0 waste_NN1 of_PRF [_PUL her_PNP ]_PUR time_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ Yet_AV0 she_PNP acknowledged_VVD that_CJT he_PNP had_VHD at_PRP least_AV0 distinguished_VVN himself_PNX ,_PUN and_CJC ,_PUN regarding_PRP his_DPS handle_NN1 ,_PUN that_CJT he_PNP was_VBD on_AVP to_PRP something_PNI ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP think_VVB a_AT0 lot_NN1 of_PRF people_NN0 have_VHB sadistic_AJ0 thoughts_NN2 about_PRP violins_NN2 somehow_AV0 ,_PUN "_PUQ she_PNP said_VVD ,_PUN carefully_AV0 ._SENT "_PUQ Certainly_AV0 ,_PUN when_CJS you_PNP 're_VBB working_VVG many_DT0 hours_NN2 to_TO0 produce_VVI this_DT0 thing_NN1 and_CJC it_PNP 's_VBZ still_AV0 not_XX0 going_VVG the_AT0 way_NN1 you_PNP thought_VVD ,_PUN you_PNP start_VVB thinking_NN1 of_PRF things_NN2 ._SENT Things_NN2 to_TO0 ..._PUN do_VDB ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP knew_VVD what_DTQ she_PNP meant_VVD ,_PUN for_CJS I_PNP had_VHD felt_VVN it_PNP ,_PUN too_AV0 :_PUN a_AT0 hideous_AJ0 thrill_NN1 that_CJT sloshes_VVZ through_PRP my_DPS veins_NN2 as_CJS I_PNP am_VBB pulverized_AJ0 by_PRP some_DT0 sonata_NN1 passage_NN1 ._SENT 
The_AT0 notion_NN1 that_CJT you_PNP can_VM0 torture_VVI —_PUN or_CJC to_TO0 be_VBI tortured_VVN by_PRP —_PUN a_AT0 violin_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 first_ORD place_NN1 arises_VVZ from_PRP our_DPS sense_NN1 that_CJT the_AT0 instrument_NN1 is_VBZ somehow_AV0 alive_AJ0 ,_PUN responsive_AJ0 ,_PUN perhaps_AV0 even_AV0 agential_AJ0 ,_PUN as_CJS the_AT0 ethnomusicologist_NN1 Eliot_NP0 Bates_NP0 has_VHZ suggested_VVN ,_PUN with_PRP a_AT0 social_AJ0 life_NN1 that_CJT intersects_VVZ with_PRP other_AJ0 instruments_NN2 ,_PUN people_NN0 ,_PUN histories_NN2 ._SENT So_AV0 much_DT0 of_PRF playing_VVG an_AT0 instrument_NN1 is_VBZ having_VHG your_DPS existence_NN1 dictated_VVD by_PRP its_DPS demands_NN2 ,_PUN to_PRP the_AT0 extent_NN1 that_CJT your_DPS body_NN1 and_CJC your_DPS instrument_NN1 come_VVB to_TO0 seem_VVI inseparable_AJ0 ._SENT When_CJS my_DPS friend_NN1 first_ORD messaged_VVD me_PNP a_AT0 video_NN1 of_PRF Thackray_NP0 hacking_VVG a_AT0 V.S.O._NN1 into_PRP pieces_NN2 ,_PUN I_PNP whimpered_VVD ._SENT Then_AV0 I_PNP watched_VVD the_AT0 video_NN1 again_AV0 ,_PUN and_CJC again_AV0 ._SENT Eventually_AV0 ,_PUN I_PNP made_VVD my_DPS peace_NN1 with_PRP it_PNP ._SENT These_DT0 are_VBB not_XX0 instruments_NN2 that_CJT anyone_PNI will_VM0 miss_VVI ,_PUN and_CJC @_PRP violintorture_NN1 is_VBZ ferrying_VVG them_PNP into_PRP a_AT0 hitherto_AV0 inconceivable_AJ0 afterlife_NN1 ._SENT 
Thackray_NP0 has_VHZ no_AT0 grand_AJ0 plans_NN2 for_PRP the_AT0 future_NN1 of_PRF his_DPS work_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP 'm_VBB pretty_AV0 much_AV0 a_AT0 nihilist_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP said_VVD ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP do_VDB n't_XX0 have_VHI kids_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC I_PNP do_VDB n't_XX0 plan_VVI on_PRP it_PNP ._SENT Violin-making_NP0 tends_VVZ to_TO0 be_VBI generational_AJ0 ,_PUN so_AV0 ,_PUN if_CJS you_PNP do_VDB n't_XX0 have_VHI the_AT0 sons_NN2 to_TO0 pass_VVI it_PNP down_AVP to_PRP ,_PUN the_AT0 chance_NN1 to_TO0 create_VVI a_AT0 legacy_NN1 is_VBZ pretty_AV0 slim_AJ0 ._SENT I_PNP 'm_VBB probably_AV0 the_AT0 guy_NN1 who_PNQ 's_VBZ going_VVG to_TO0 end_VVI up_AVP dead_AJ0 in_PRP his_DPS basement_NN1 with_PRP fifty_CRD thousand_CRD violins_NN2 in_PRP a_AT0 nameless_AJ0 estate_NN1 sale_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ At_PRP least_AV0 one_CRD of_PRF Thackray_NP0 's_POS current_AJ0 projects_NN2 ,_PUN however_AV0 ,_PUN is_VBZ calculated_VVN for_PRP the_AT0 long_AJ0 haul_NN1 :_PUN uniting_VVG his_DPS interests_NN2 in_PRP bees_NN2 and_CJC lutherie_NN1 ,_PUN he_PNP placed_VVD a_AT0 V.S.O._NP0 in_PRP one_CRD of_PRF his_DPS hives_NN2 ,_PUN hoping_VVG that_CJT the_AT0 bees_NN2 would_VM0 colonize_VVI the_AT0 inside_NN1 ._SENT In_PRP a_AT0 video_NN1 post_NN1 ,_PUN he_PNP indicates_VVZ that_CJT this_DT0 may_VM0 take_VVI a_AT0 while_NN1 ._SENT For_PRP now_AV0 ,_PUN the_AT0 bees_NN2 crawl_VVB gently_AV0 over_PRP the_AT0 top_NN1 ,_PUN with_PRP all_DT0 the_AT0 tenderness_NN1 of_PRF a_AT0 child_NN1 holding_VVG an_AT0 instrument_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 first_ORD time_NN1 ._SENT 
