Ferdinand David's Violin

​Origin
Ferdinand David was a French virtuoso violinst and composer that composed 50 opuses and was known to have worked with Johannes Brahms for a violin sonata Brahms had later desroyed. He was known for using a 1742 Guarneri violin, which became the main violin used in the performances of famed violinist Jascha Heifetz. He died in 1873 while on a mountain excursion with his children in in the Graubünden (Grisons) area of Switzerland.

​Effects
When played, this violin will create mountain-like formations from the ground that will grow the longer the violin plays. Ceasing play immediately causes the mountains to retract quickly back into the earth, but any damage they do will remain. The mountains grow fairly slowly, only reaching several yards wide and high after a few hours.

​Trivia

 * This artifact was used with Jascha Heifetz's Violin Bow to activate Zdzisław Beksiński's Lost Painting by Scott.