Parowan Times | 1937-08-20 | Page 8 | Antonio Stradivari Born in Cremona: Died at 98

antonio stradivari born in cremona died at 98 antonio stradivari the supreme violin maker was born in cremona and passed his entire life there rarely leaving its gates A tall spare figure of a man he spent all his days at a bench littered with the tools of his trade writes ruth wood thompson in the new york times in the year 1737 he came to the end of his labors he was then ninety eight years old his body was laid in a sepulcher he had ordered to be built in the crypt of a church near his house the plate on the tomb was removed when the church fell in ruins and visitors can see it in the cremona town hall another commemorative tablet on the place where he lived and wrought his wonders declares stradivari brought the violin to its highest perfection and left cremona an imperishable name as master of his craft this glowing declaration has never been disputed Strad stradivari ivar 1 i reached the heights as a designer of bow instruments his patterns are the finest and his bis workmanship unrivaled ri aled stradivari at different times utilized both native and foreign woods paying attention always to the beauty of the grain as well as the quality his crowning skill lay in the mixing of a filler and a varnish that kept the wood resonant and flexible and protected it from deterioration