May 7, 2019
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Texture for days.
Top coat is drying. Beautiful day, too.
Polishing before setup.
Varnishing. <3
Taking the fingerboard off to prepare for varnishing the Azure Alexander number two.
The 2012 Paris Double Blind Experiment This is a research that created quite the buzz in the violin community, in which professional violinists were asked to identify a set of violins identified only by random numbers. Meaning there could br actual Strads and Guarnieris among other contemporary instruments. Apparently, the violinists had difficulty identifying or differentiating an antique violin and a new one. It is really nice that something like this has been done. I have been irritated by certain individuals who insist that an aged violin made by a particular nationality is superior among the rest. I have upgraded my student violins-I have a Strad copy and del Gesu copy. Both came from a luthier in China, and both instruments are powerful and can carry sound across a hall. It is annoying how instruments are being judged merrly by their pedigree.
"Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night." - William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet ***** I lust for this Guarneri del Gesu copy. Alas I am a poor maid!