The <em>older violins</em> are more than one object, in this case its cannot be used, only their; <em>each violinist</em> could mean male or female, so it would be possible the use of his or her or their (applied for either),but there is only the latter option. The correct answer is their/their.
<em>The older violins no longer had their original parts, but each violinist played their instrument well.</em>
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Explanation:
Find the subject. Who is doing something? Ricky. Ricky what? Ricky was. That is a complete sentence and it makes sense. Ricky going does not make sense. So, Ricky was. What does very unsteady describe? It describes how Ricky was. It describes the verb, making "very steady" an adverbial phrase. A prepositional phrase describes a noun. Nothing in this sentence describes Ricky. "Going" is a helping verb. Ricky was going. "Down the staircase backward," describes how Ricky was going, making it another adverbial phrase.
You didn't say what kind of phrase. I hope I helped.
