Just for the record, I don't think any of those Stradivarius violins are in anything like their original condition. Which is a real shame.
All the best, Sam On 20 April 2012 20:23, Herbert Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > > According to Wikipedia, there are many Strativarius violins > in active use today: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Stradivarius_instruments > > But I never hear of anyone playing a historical lute routinely. > In fact, it seems rare for anyone to even handle one. > > Is this because the thin soundboard becomes fragile with age? > > -- > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- Sam Chapman Oetlingerstrasse 65 4057 Basel (0041) 79 530 39 91
