NOTE: I originally published this on my HIVE blog!IMG_20190925_091550.jpgFor quite some time now (nearly 5 years or perhaps even more!), I have been searching for a Baroque Violin to add to my collection of tools as my main instrument (for violin...). Over that time, I've been trying various instruments that have been suggested to me via luthiers, dealers and auction houses... It's pretty interesting but sometimes quite depressing... as the things that dealers and collectors value t...

NOTE: I originally published this on my HIVE blog!IMG_20190925_091550.jpgFor quite some time now (nearly 5 years or perhaps even more!), I have been searching for a Baroque Violin to add to my collection of tools as my main instrument (for violin...). Over that time, I've been trying various instruments that have been suggested to me via luthiers, dealers and auction houses... It's pretty interesting but sometimes quite depressing... as the things that dealers and collectors value t...