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Oh, so beautiful!Do you play these, tangler?How long does it take to make them? How do you design...or measure them up?Presumably brand new, do they sound just like the originals, or do they 'grow' into it?In admiration from a saxophonist,CliffH Hi Cliff, I always found with making Gamba's as a professional maker. (Robert Bailey, I used to advertise in the Early Music Journal in the 70's and 80's )that the first time you put the strings on a bowed chordophone and play it ..it sounds awful ..however the more you play it the better it sounds and continues to get better more and more ...this may be because the wood is getting changed at a molecular level to become accustomed to vibrating in the way the instrument is responding to being played ??!!! Willy Bailey
Lovely work.So, if an instrument (that has been thoroughly run-in) is not played for some time, does it 'go off', or is the improvement in tone permanent Hi ..no ..it will come back..having played on a Guarneri Del Jesu instrument when I did my apprenticeship I Celle Germany. I can tell you that a good old instrument is a delight to play because the instrument almost plays it self leaving the player to concentrate on the music !! as the instrument is so good/responsive it will let you get as much out of it as you want with the minimum of effort ,, this is why people cannot really tell the difference between instruments as the player has to put a lot more effort into getting the tone out of it . Willy