"The purpose was to allow the pristine recording by highly technical equipment of sounds played on the 1700 Antonio Stradivari "Stauffer" cello, the 1727 Antonio Stradivari "Vesuvius" violin, a 1615 "Stauffer" viola by Girolamo Amati, and the 1734 "Prince Doria" violin by Guarneri del Gesù.  Cremona's most famous luthier, of course, was Stradivari, and no one knows how many centuries from now such instruments as the Stradivarius violins can survive."

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Question for thought:

1) How can you value silence more in your life?

 

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