"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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The "secret" was that Stradivari was an innovative, master craftsman,
someone absolutely unique and a person whose skills cannot be duplicated.
I guarantee you that if he were alive today, he'd still be making the best
violins, cellos, guitars, violas, and harps. Do you think Leonardo would
be anything but a master's master were he alive today?

Methinks our society places too much effort on analyzing genius rather
than enjoying it. Perhaps it is because we no longer live in an era of
geniuses and giants.


Or, to a degree, the perpetuation of myths. I doubt many could distinguish
a modern, well made violin from a Stradivarius in a blind audition. Some
might, but very few, I suspect.

Eisboch