Free to Make Music

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Free to Make Music

I have on my table a violin string. It is free. I twist one end of it and it responds. It is free. But it is not free to do what a violin string is supposed to do--to produce music. So I take it, fix it in my violin and tighten it until it is taut. Only then is it free to be a violin string.

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