Hi Ron, I do know of one maker who used beams from buildings--however not 500 years old because Toronto didn't exist then. The maker's name was Otto Erdesz and he made world class violas. http://www.josephcurtinstudios.com/news/strad/nov00/Erdesz_bio.htm At 06:47 PM 7/16/2007 -0500, you wrote: > >I take it that means no, you don't actually know of anyone >building violins out of 500 year old church beams, and just >randomly pulled it out of your - repertoire. >Ron N Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner
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