The oldest cello in existence today is being exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY. Nicknamed the “King,” this Amati masterpiece was made around 1572 and features ornate gold gilding. It’s something like the “Mona Lisa” of cellos and other stringed instruments. Read the whole story here.
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Considering the f-holes of the Amati ‘King’ cello and playing with food led Andrew Dipper to on a possible path to evolution of the sound hole of a violin. He writes: “I have to admit now that playing with food had a part in this discovery, and peeling an orange led me to confirm the realisation that the Amati f-hole, curled up in this way, creates spheroids with a helical incision that unites the opposing poles…Soon […]