Chickering Grand Features/old vs. new wood

[Don]

Hi Ron,

I do know of one maker who used beams from buildings--however not 500 years
old because Toronto didn't exist then. The maker's name was Otto Erdesz and
he made world class violas.

http://www.josephcurtinstudios.com/news/strad/nov00/Erdesz_bio.htm

At 06:47 PM 7/16/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>
>I take it that means no, you don't actually know of anyone 
>building violins out of 500 year old church beams, and just 
>randomly pulled it out of your - repertoire.
>Ron N
Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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