The Emerald

read at: https://wheaties3030.tripod.com/emerald.html

I'll admit that I don't fully understand this short story, but I there aspects that I like.
Such as the group of oddly named characters that seem like they're about to go on a heist and then the reader finds out that the Emerald is sentient

"The noble, noble oboe! Of course it's not to every taste. Not everyone swings with the oboe. Whoops! Goddamn oboe let me take that again. Not perhaps the premier instrument of the present age. What would that be? The bullhorn, no doubt."Perhaps a comment on the loud, brash commentary that is sometimes passed off as "news".