I was walking down the street when I saw this violin sitting behind a mirror in a small random pawn shop. I felt… compelled. So, I walked into the pawn shop and bought the violin for several hundred dollars. When I got back to my apartment, I removed the old strings one by one and restrung it with new strings I had in my apartment. The violin is weird. It has no labels, no markings, and no scratches. There’s no way you’re going to know who built this, who played this, or when it was built. I sat down quietly and started playing the violin. It make no sound. No matter what I played, there was no sound coming out of it. But that is impossible, right? Then, something urged me to play my unfinished piece on it. I played my piece for nearly two minutes. Still, no sound was made. I gave up and went to bed. In the middle of the night, I started hearing the piece I wrote coming from my living room. I didn’t know who was playing it. But it was… me? The notes, the vibrato, every technique I heard resembled my playing. Flawless. After almost two minutes, the piece continued. I began hearing the unfinished parts, and it was perfect. It fit naturally into what I had left incomplete, exactly as I had imagined. Then, I just passed out to the music. After I woke up, I still remembered everything that happened that night. Was it a dream? Was it real? I have no way to know. So, I walked to check the violin in my living room. It was… in the same place I left it. Untouched.
>>41714960Nice story.Several hundred dollars? Is that the average cost of a used violin?I hope this instrument serves you well.
>>41714960I like to offer skeptical theories to posts like this, just to play devil's advocate.Anomaly 1: No sound could just mean your bow wasn't rosined.Anomaly 2: In a hypnogogic state when all histaminergic responses are dulled, pseudo-hallucinations are quite common. It's your brain elaborating on thoughts more freely, and since you had your music on your mind, I think it's likely that you were simply experiencing writing as hearing. Some call it a "flow" state, akin to improvising with a group by hypnotizing yourself with the shared rhythm and key. Artists and authors can experience this same sort of thing with their respective modality of expression.
>>41714960Like why is your picture so small
>>41714960could it be an artifact?
>>41714975You could buy a half-decent used violin for €150 or less. If it cost several hundred it's either a prestige make or OP got gypped.
>>41714960Its a fiddle. Maybe if you learned what it actually is it might sing for youhttps://youtu.be/PxBQwhkiPbs?si=Ed5pJ1W6_q8TiAku
>>41716062https://youtu.be/6fQfcwkgaHo?si=8MGvzs9Bj9xSbEMRAnd greetings from cape Breton, the home of our hearts. Congratulations on your new vice
>>41716075https://youtu.be/UfycmjLq2CU?si=hE-8y73HffA8-7MY
>>41714960So you bought a violin that doesnt make music when you want, but will act as an AI that only works after a lag of several hours?
you should fuck it
>>41714960>And the Devil jumped up on a hickory stump and said "Boy, let me tell you what"
