Object
Ten-Forward Quartet Violin
A standard wooden orchestral violin — varnished spruce and maple body, four taut strings, ebony fingerboard and chinrest, played with a horsehair bow. Musicians cradle it under the jaw, drawing warm, intimate tones that fill Ten-Forward. Characters reach for it and respond to its music: Data takes his place and bows it with careful technique as the quartet creates a fragile domestic calm immediately vulnerable to interruption.
2 appearances
Purpose
To produce melodic string music as part of the quartet performance in Ten-Forward, providing accompaniment and expressive ensemble sound.
Significance
The violin supplies an emotional anchor for Data's personal growth and the scene's intimacy: its music frames Picard's mentorship and Beverly's reframing, humanizes Data, and when the sound is abruptly cut by an incoming Sheliak transmission it signals a hard narrative turn from private development to external command crisis.
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