At 10:22 PM 12/10/97 -0800, you wrote: >I hear the same things about violins. Except with violins we get even sillier. We seem to be of the opinion that they get >better with age. Who knows? It has been thought for many years that a violin *plays* in after about ten years of being *played* 3 to 6 hours per day. I do know that my violin which is rarely played now does not sound as well *even* when played by another violinist as it once did. Can anyone out there prove that? Talk about sentiment overpowering reason! Antonio Stradivari (or >Stradivarius) died in 1737. Who of us was there to judge what any of his instruments sounded like when he finished them? They most certainly do *not* sound the same. First the *neck* is longer today, and both the bass bar and sound post will have been changed. There is only *one* Strad in original condition...and it is *not* played. Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. "Tuner for the Centre of the Arts" drose@dlcwest.com 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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