String instrument fabricated from an electronic device having a bendable display

1. A string instrument comprising:

a bendable electronic display associated with an electronic device, the bendable electronic display being bent into a bowed shape having a first end and a second end;

a plurality of external strings at the first end and extending to the second end;

a camera; and

a non-transitory storage medium that stores instructions to:

form a plurality of virtual strings embedded in the bendable electronic display and associated with the plurality of strings;

receive input from the at least one camera to identify a resting position of each of the plurality of external strings and identify a movement of each of the plurality of external strings from the resting position;

responsive to input received from the at least one camera, map the movement in the plurality of external strings to a corresponding movement of the plurality of virtual strings; and

output the corresponding movement of the plurality of virtual strings to produce a sound.

2. The string instrument of claim 1 further comprising at least one light source in the bendable electronic display and wherein the plurality of external strings comprise light beams from the at least one light source.

3. The string instrument of claim 2 wherein there are a plurality of light sources such that there is one light source per external string.

4. The string instrument of claim 1 wherein the plurality of external strings are selected from the group consisting of metallic wires and nonmetallic wires.

5. The string instrument of claim 1 further comprising connector ports on the bendable electronic display to receive the plurality of external strings.

6. The string instrument of claim 5 wherein the plurality of external strings are selected from the group consisting of metallic wires and nonmetallic wires.

7. The string instrument of claim 5 further comprising a sensor to sense when the plurality of external strings are inserted into the connector ports.

8. The string instrument of claim 1 further comprising a base to support the bendable electronic display.

9. The string instrument of claim 1 further comprising a wire mesh embedded in the bendable electronic display.

10. A computer-implemented method of converting a bendable electronic display associated with an electronic device to a string instrument comprising:

bending the bendable electronic display into a bowed shape having a first end and a second end;

extending a plurality of external strings between the first end and the second end;

inputting by a camera in the bendable electronic display a resting position of each of the plurality of external strings;

identifying by the camera a movement of each of the plurality of external strings from the resting position and outputting the movement of each of the plurality of external strings to a computer processor;

responsive to input received from the camera, mapping by the computer processor the movement in each of the plurality of external strings to a corresponding sound; and

outputting the corresponding sounds from each of the plurality of external strings to a device for listening by a human listener.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising providing a light source in the bendable electronic display and wherein the plurality of external strings comprise light beams from the light source.

12. The method of claim 10 further comprising providing metallic wires or nonmetallic wires and wherein the plurality of external strings are metallic wires or nonmetallic wires.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising providing connector ports on the bendable electronic display to receive the plurality of external strings.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising sensing by a sensor to sense when the connector ports receive the plurality of external strings.

15. The method of claim 10 further comprising providing a base to support the bendable electronic display.

16. A computer program product for converting a bendable electronic display associated with an electronic device to a string instrument, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

bending the bendable electronic display into a bowed shape having a first end and a second end;

extending a plurality of external strings between the first end and the second end;

inputting by a camera in the bendable electronic display a resting position of each of the plurality of external strings;

identifying by the camera a movement of each of the plurality of external strings from the resting position and outputting the movement of each of the plurality of external strings to a computer processor;

responsive to input received from the camera, mapping by the computer processor the movement in each of the plurality of external strings to a corresponding sound; and

outputting the corresponding sounds from each of the plurality of external strings to an device for listening by a human listener.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the plurality of external strings comprise light beams from a light source.

18. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the plurality of external strings comprise metallic wires or nonmetallic wires.

19. The computer program product of claim 16 further comprising receiving by connector ports the plurality of external strings.

20. The computer program product of claim 19 further comprising sensing by a sensor to sense when the connector ports receive the plurality of external strings.