The newest thing in violin technology was created when the classical violinist Sean Riley wanted to play a piece by the American composer John Adams, The Dharma at Big Sur. Riley couldn’t use his own 240-year-old violin because the piece called for a six-string electric violin, and he couldn’t afford the $3,000 or so that one would cost.
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