Hi Del, It would be interesting to see the difference in two instruments after six months--one that has been *played* heavily, and one that is put in a corner and left. I wish that wood were not an inherently non homogeneous material which would make such a test more valid. It is not the wood fairies--but the vibrational fairies that are likely needed. It used to be thought that violins took about ten years to reach their full potential. Some fiddle players do leave their instruments on top of speaker cabinets to try to *break them in* faster. There are several American makers producing very wonderful sounding violins--all they seem to lack is the name on the fallboard *LOL*. - > > My own opinion, subjective as it is, is that > playing music and the > vibrational effect > on internal friction or through > the cosmic alignment of > wood cell fairies or whatever > has something to do > with the tonal > improvements, > > Right. It's the wood fairies. > > Regards, > > Del > > > > ===== Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts mailto:drose@dlcwest.com http://donrose.xoasis.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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