Show Stradivarius a Matter Mater Antonio Stradivarius famed the world over for his violins was the first violin mal maker er to really consider more than the surface appearance of his instruments He gave as much thought ht to the finish of the interior as ns ashe ashe he did to th the exterior e and even more than that he considered the wood which went into the thc violin Every Instrument was shaped carefully carefully carefully care care- fully the wood skillfully cut and the varnish selected with unusual discrimination discrimination the final product being absolutely Irately In a class b by Itself so far astone as astone astone tone was concerned His Ills manufacturing however was not confined to violins for he also made viols guitars and mandolins He lie was born In Cremona Italy in 1 1044 and died In 1737 I |