Violadamore Posted April 1 Report Posted April 1 TELLS OF FINDING STRADIVARI SECRET; Antique Dealer Discovers Letter Said to Describe Varnish and Wood Treatment of Violins.HIDDEN IN DESK 200 YEARS Cremona Master Told His Methods to Abbot--Italian Authorities Take Charge of Papers. It was printed in The New York Times, so it must be true, right? Ooops, I see it's rather old news. Oh, well. I wonder what happened to the manuscript. Happy April Fools Day, everybody!
GerardM Posted April 1 Report Posted April 1 We found the holy grail, plus my dog has the Midas touch. :-)
David Burgess Posted April 1 Report Posted April 1 13 hours ago, Violadamore said: Happy April Fools Day, everybody! It is also "Boomer Day" celebrating those born in 1936 through 1963(?), and that's where I prefer to put my focus since I might get a free hotdog or somethin' if I can show proof of age. Sheesh, "kids today.."
Violadamore Posted April 1 Author Report Posted April 1 Gualtiero Nicolini published a book on these documents back in 2022, Stradivari Revealed. Here's an Italian video where he discusses their history. Answers my question about what happened to them, for sure.
TRK Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 Didn’t Leandro Bisiach claim he had some of the Strad varnish secrets?
duane88 Posted April 3 Report Posted April 3 4 hours ago, TRK said: Didn’t Leandro Bisiach claim he had some of the Strad varnish secrets? You will need to wait until the first of April, 2027 for that answer.
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