On 5/23/2016 12:10 PM, Swingman wrote:
On 5/23/2016 8:54 AM, Sonny wrote:

One rumor for years has been that one of the secrets to the sound of a
Stradivarius violin, and other Cremona instruments of the period, is
that the wood was submerged for months, if not years, due to the water
transport and ponding of logs during that time.

Although a spectroscopy study done a few years ago did not prove that
was the case, it also did not disprove it, and some of the chemicals
found, that are not found in wood, during analysis of the wood could
have been done by "aqueous" treatments.

I attribute it to hyperbolec acid, the main ingredient in many rare,
overpriced, works of art....

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