The post-production “Ahhh” from the crowd made my answer sound like a kind of revelation, as if all American men shared a predilection for the plus-sized.

Vibrations from the four strings are transmitted via the bridge to the front of the violin, and on to the back via the sound-post, a length of round wood wedged between front and back inside the box.

Now, it is only natural that politicians are striving to make the post-free-stuff era sound like a happy opportunity rather than purgatory.