Can you string a human or otherwise convert them into a stringed instrument? -

[Save the Loli]

Let's say you're a cellist or something but you've joined the SS since you live in Nazi Germany. You've been posted as a guard at a concentration camp and when not making sure the ovens are running you play the cello a lot and all the other SS guys and the Jews like your playing. One day a Jew accidently (or "accidently") breaks your cello while he's cleaning your room. Instead of finding another cello, you start wondering if you could replace the wooden body of the cello with a Jew. You get the camp doctor (Dr. Mengele highly recommended him) to give you a dead baby and you start performing experiments.

Well could you? I think you would have to keep the person's body almost totally straight and make sure the strings were held tight and affixed to the Jew with pegs driven deep inside the body and bones. What would the sound quality of a Judencello be like? Would our SS cellist still be able to entertain the people of the camp with his new instrument? How long would a Judencello last before it dies and starts decaying?

 

[Useful_Mistake]

You probably could, although it wouldn't make a similar sound to cello.

 

[Penis Drager]

Well the strings were traditionally made of animal intestines, so that's certainly one part you could use. I guess you could further hollow out the body cavity and attempt to turn the skin into leather. I'd imagine the resulting instrument would have more of a bass quality to it than your average cello. The sound produced would also be significantly quieter due to poor acoustics. But maybe if your break the ribs off and strategically reposition them, you may be able to solve this problem.

 

[Lame Entropy]

Not exactly the same scenario but I saw a Hannibal episode where a serial killer made strings out of peoples guts or something.