Just wondering what passes the test of time? I personally have an old Casio watch and if you count fruit trees, those are pretty old too.

  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Not particularly. The wood sat in the harbor nearest to Brefchia to age for two years before Magini ever even touched it. It’s pretty sturdy all things considered. The violin held up better than the original bow and wooden case. We fumigated all of them because they had become infected with bow mites. The original case and bow are in the attic, mostly she currently lives in a crushed velvet lined climate controlled case. Not playing her would do more damage than breaking her out and keeping her in tune.

      • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
        2·
        4 days ago

        Not exactly. There’s a break in the chain of ownership, when it came to the new world in the late 1700s. We’re not entirely certain how my great great great grandfather came into possession of it, but we believe that he either won it in a game of poker, or he possibly stole it during the commotion of the last quarter century of the 1700s.

        Thanks for the info on Magini. I just knew he made my violin, or more likely one of his apprentices. And that he and another dude in Florence are were simultaneously credited for inventing the thing independently of each other.

        Edit: there’s a fuckton more info on the guy than I could find back in 1993 when I looked into him

        • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
          2·
          4 days ago

          Glad to help!

          or he possibly stole it during the commotion of the last quarter century of the 1700s.

          commie

          I see the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, lol.

          That right there is one of the stories I’d love to know the details of.