A Machine To Break In Your Fiddle So You Won’t Have To

String players agree that a new violin or cello doesn’t achieve its full sound potential until it’s been played and played and played some more. Can’t wait that long? “The ToneRite slips over the strings of an idle instrument and begins emitting subsonic noise that is intended to mimic the physics of actual music making. The result, the maker claims, is a greatly accelerated breaking-in period.”