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Nip from a gadfly
... or grain of sand required by the oyster.
Stepping out of the compositional focus for just a moment --- from the care and feeding that I've seen violinists (makers and players) provide for their instruments, it strikes me as unlikely that one would be placed directly onto a hard (shown by reflected light) surface -- as opposed to, say, onto a thick runner, padded board or polishing cloth, or set into its padded case.
I don't know why that grabs my attention and I intend to bring it up in my next therapy session. It may have something to do with the fact that I once laid my guitar down on the couch, turned around, "forgot" (Jose Cuervo, you are no friend of mine) and indelicately sat on the guitar. Fortunately I also do guitar repair. I also own my grandfather's violin, and though it's been played more often at barn dances than concertos, I don't believe I'd set it down like this on a table top.
But then, as Dennis Miller says, I could be wrong.
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