http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/12/08/stradivarius.secret.ap/index.html This is an interesting story about the wood that was used by Stradivari; the "Little Ice Age" that gripped Europe from the mid-1400s until the mid-1800s that slowed tree growth and yielded uncommonly dense Alpine spruce. What does this mean for us? Were soundboards like this used for lutes, and is it possible for us to replicate this kind of wood. Patrick
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