> If it's actually just the seeing of a musical instrument being crushed that is so upsetting, then what are we to think of the countless instruments thrown in the trash after our elementary school kids give up on being guitarists, drummers, trombone players, or violinists. Why do we even let a 7 year old touch a violin if only 1 out of 100 ever play a level that isn't torture to listen to.

This reminded me of an interesting documentary from the LA Times on the LA Unified School District's musical instrument repair shop.

https://www.latimes.com/shortdocs/la-short-docs-the-last-rep...