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Originally posted by KC911
I hear ya...I know if I worked on 911s for a living...I'd soon be in the welfare line  ! Is the 'high end spruce and maple' the key to the sound? I seem to remember a documentary sometime back on the Stradvari's 'tone' (and why it was so exquisite), and that was one of the theories...the wood he used. Anyways... beautiful craftsmanship!
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The sound quality on a violin cannot be based on any one component. Wood quality/aging, graduation thicknesses of the top and bottom plates, shape of the bass bar, shape of the top and bottom plates, varnish, strings, sound post placement etc etc. It truly is a black art and many have debated for years what makes the best violins. One of the common points of discussion about Strads, is the formulation of varnish used by him.