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OftenBen · 3928 days ago · link · · parent · post: Blind-tested soloists unable to tell Stradivarius violins from modern instruments
To me, an authentic Stradivarius is more than just a tool. It's a work of art of itself, a magical artifact even, in the hands of a trained wizard. Not because of the work it produces, but because of the story behind the instrument. The decades of emotion and beauty poured into it, and that came out of it.
coffeesp00ns · 3927 days ago · link ·
I think that any tool is like that. For a while my dad had a Metal working Planer that was from the 19th century, sort of mid-to-late industrial revolution. It was a total work of art, in the way that it worked (it reminded me of clockwork). He sort of restored it to working order (as much as he could, it's supposed to run on belt drive, and he didn't have one so he jerry-rigged a motor mount), and then gave it to a museum.