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In Reply to: Then WHY do they cost so much? posted by PriyaW on August 29, 2002 at 15:19:57:
Pria,I did not say that the modified ones that are famous have been ruined ruined, I said that modifying many of the ones that did not respond well to modification ruined them.
I Musici did not use period instruments, over the long period when I knew of them, except for a harpsichord. and they did notplay in a HIUP style. I lost interset in them and hav eno CD's oif them. would you like to buy some of their LP's from me. very good nick too.
Most Strads do respond well to modification and get loudness and more sustain BUT they cease to be such ideal instruments for early 19thC music and back. AND they are hardly original any more in a traditional antique collectible sense.
How should I know why they are so expensive?! Not my thing at all.
OTOH 'original condition' 17th and 18thC violins of artistic value then are worth a great deal now, as they are quite rare for r4easons I ahve explained, whether any restored (from unsuccesfully modified) Stainers or Amati's are about I don't know.
Just ask the Smithsonian what they think their Stainer is worth. I have seen it just once in Washington! But I do have arecording of it!
Timbo
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