As he moved the bridge (a task that always makes me nervous), we both heard what sounded like a pencil falling to a wood floor. He moved the violin back and forth, and sure enough, there was the telltale rattling sound that occurs when the sound post has fallen. Despite the importance of the sound post and the skill involved in crafting it, many violinists do not think much about their sound post. Because it is inside of the violin, many violinists do not think much about their sound posts–until there is a problem. he same is true of many “boilerplate” contract clauses.
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