
“[H]is powers upon the violin… were very remarkable, but as eccentric as all his other accomplishments… When left to himself, he would seldom produce any music or attempt any recognised air… [H]e would… scrape carelessly at the fiddle which was thrown across his knee.” He would however, play (apparently by ear or from memory) pieces such as Mendelssohn’s Lieder to please Watson.
From A Study in Scarlet, chapter 2.
Look at how he holds that violin. Practically making sweet love to it.








