I always thought violin was a torture device not a musical instrument. It's one of the fiddliest (pun intended). You spend the first three months getting to the minimum point of being abe to play a note instead of a screech, and then at least three more with more screeches than notes. Compared to a fiddle, almost very other instrument is more abstract. Sure, it takes some initial practice with various forms of wind instrument but nowhere near as long as a violin.