Solo Hired Violinist (anniversary ceremony)

A polished four‑string acoustic violin—amber varnish over a curved spruce top and maple back, slender ebony fingerboard and chinrest—evoked rather than shown. The instrument exists as a phone‑call‑away service: Margaret suggests hiring a violinist and moves to place the call while Leo reacts with bemused distance. Characters treat it as a ceremonial flourish — a tangible, luxury detail summoned to shape an intimate anniversary moment amid crisis.

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2 moments

S1E4 · Five Votes Down

Forgotten Anniversary and the Hardball Green Light

The ceremonial violin is suggested as the sonic solution to the anniversary embarrassment—mentioned as the presence that would make the dinner oddly intimate and as a comic image of over-the-top contrition.

Before: Conceptual: available to be called by Margaret; no musician present.

After: Unplayed and unused in the scene; remains a possible but unexecuted remedy.

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S1E4 · Five Votes Down

Authorize the Hard Line on Katzenmoyer

The ceremonial violin is referenced as the service to be provided by the Unnamed Violinist ("Call the guy"); it functions narratively as a domestic balm and ironic counterpoint to the violent political language that follows.

Before: Not present in the office; only discussed as a phone-call appointment to be sent to Leo's house.

After: Still hypothetical but ordered into motion by Leo's instruction to Margaret to place the call.

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