Between her roots in classical piano and her jazz-guitar education at the Berklee College of Music, it would be easy for Larkin to fall back on technical prowess and ability to experiment with instruments such as the "baribow" (a baritone guitar played with a violin bow).

NPR: Patty Larkin: Haunted Songs

Now the modding community just needs to find a way to replace the original in-game music (beautifully composed by Jeremy Soule) with this, and then somebody needs to come up with a musical instrument weapons pack so that I can fight monsters with my violin bow.

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"His workmanship is so meticulous and perfect, " said Peter Seman, a Chicago violin maker and president of the American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers.

WSJ: Master of Chicago Family's Violin-Making Tradition

It certainly did not mean just stringing a modern violin with gut and buying an old bow, while keeping the modern bridge.

ECONOMIST: Gustav Leonhardt

On display is, not only the first violin ever made in America, but also the bow, made in Hollywood, back in 1940, especially for Albert Einstein.

NPR: The Importance of the Bow

This month, the Library of Congress is celebrating the bow, as well as its mate, in the exhibit, The American Violin: From Jefferson to Jazz.

NPR: The Importance of the Bow