Bards, look out...

[darkstorme]

... a car company is seeking to replace you with an elaborate golem!

Reuters QuickCut: Violin robot | Video | Reuters.com

While it is unquestionably cool, it'll be a long time before Vanessa Mae or Ningel Kennedy really have to worry.  (While Nigel is very good, I have to say I'm almost equally impressed by the cellists keeping up with him.)

[lonnarin]

I wonder if the Country Bear Jamboree animatronics crew will get jealous and try to jump the poor little guy in the parking lot.  I could just imagine Brer Bear with his massive club beating it down, with it pleading in a robotic voice "no, no, no disassemble, no, no, Johnny Five alive... bzzzzt".  When he finally expires, I bet the "check engine" symbol lights up and you have to cart him back to the dealership.

In any case, I'm just excited that I might get to own my own C3PO by the time I'm 40.

[Hellblazer]

Ok I have to wonder if this is real at all. My sister is a violin teacher for the past 20 years now and she is the one who taught me to play violin. You hear vibrato coming when he plays but no where do you see the wrist action that makes the vibrato when you play violin, nor did you see the fingers wiggle to make it either.

I'm thinking hoax here.