"Hearing a Stradivarius in concert at least once should be on everyone's life "to-do" list.
The quality of sound is so incredible."
A guy I knew in high school has one. I don't think he owns it; rather, it's on permanent loan. Joe is a bluegrass fiddler, the best I've ever heard. He's often the fiddle guy for a lot of big C&W stars (don't ask me who-some guys in cowboy hats
). I remember him playing it one night at a nightclub in Dayton called "Canal Street Tavern", with a so-so band called "Tripe" (also a bunch of guys I went to HS with). Joe had a fiddle solo. I can't remember how it sounded, but I remember how I
felt. It went right to your soul-like he was drawing the bow across your heartstrings. I forgot to breathe, and tears came to my eyes. I don't think there was a dry eye in the house-it hit everyone else too. An incredible violinist playing a perfect instrument.
Whatever the price on a Strad, it's worth it, just to hear a grandmaster musician play it.
