"New/Old S.B. Wood"

[RptBob1@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 98-11-09 21:00:22 EST, you write:

<< d the test of time nearly so well as the flatter
 bellied Italian instruments--one wonders if there is a lesson to be had
there.
  >>
Much of the credit for the tone goes to the type of varnish that was used in
the vioilin's manufacture.  The varnish was derived from the trees very high
in the Swiss/Italian Alps.  Its formula was passed down from father to
son,unwritten so who knows what was put in the mix to make the final varnish
product.  Even analysis of the varnish has not been successful in solving the
varnish formula mystery.

Bob Bergantino
Cleveland, Ohio