VaultNetwork.net Vault Network Boards
Author Topic: Wouldn't it be fun to buy a 3 million dollar 1741 Stradivari violin [Locked]
Caoilin  4 stars
Title: Instigator
Posts: 2,278
Registered: 2001-11-20 00:03:45
it's kind of similar to the reason that we can't fold steel the way they did before the gun was invented. the recipe was lost. no one can make a violin as perfect as stradivarius did.


edit: it's more like an orange item.

 

-----signature-----
"Cao is really an asexual cricket from outer space" - Bernion
"I just wish you had man bits" - ShalisR
"i'll be your dirty ignorant redneck if you will be my drugged out cripple bitch" - shaggynuts24
"again, I'm stupid" - Brandun
Fozzie_Bear  4 stars
Posts: 2,490
Registered: 2001-12-20 01:43:43
the_great_intex posted:

What's so special about it? Is it a purple item or something with some mythical enchantment?



its a +113 mod violin

 

-----signature-----
The Oatmeal Butterscotch paired with a Snickerdoodle
turned my cynical penis into a happy vagina
Then after an Oatmeal Cranberry and Double Chocolate,
it made my new vagina spontaneously sing the Trolololo Song in an elevator.
---AkagiyamaMissile
Webscar  3 stars
Title: /Yiffs in Hell [face_furry]
Posts: 946
Registered: 2002-11-30 00:27:37
Caoilin posted:

it's kind of similar to the reason that we can't fold steel the way they did before the gun was invented. the recipe was lost. no one can make a violin as perfect as stradivarius did.


edit: it's more like an orange item.

I thought those classical string instruments were similar to wine; in that they are better with age? The process of aging the wood and playing the instrument gives it that richer tone over time...

Did he actually have a special method for creating them that we are ignorant of?

 

-----signature-----
Vagina Purse: 'A daily blog about what I find inside me' ~Ticky
winga  4 stars
Title: Canadian
Posts: 2,256
Registered: 2001-4-27 15:46:32
Webscar posted:

Caoilin posted:

it's kind of similar to the reason that we can't fold steel the way they did before the gun was invented. the recipe was lost. no one can make a violin as perfect as stradivarius did.


edit: it's more like an orange item.

I thought those classical string instruments were similar to wine; in that they are better with age? The process of aging the wood and playing the instrument gives it that richer tone over time...

Did he actually have a special method for creating them that we are ignorant of?


The wood was probably treated with ... whatever... and that whatever is what we don't know about and therefore can't replicate. (Also, the process of applying the lacquer..)
-Darkfire-  3 stars
Posts: 536
Registered: 2002-4-21 13:17:30
novelty

 

-----signature-----
Surge_MT  1 star
Posts: 213
Registered: 2001-5-9 11:10:00
Study finds musicians cannot tell from sound alone whether they are playing an old classic instrument or one made last week

 

-----signature-----
The scripts/links below don't work anymore...I should really change my signature:
Skill Calculator: http://www.strikefast.net/skillcalc/
Salvage Calculator: http://www.strikefast.net/tinkering/salvaging/
***
09-11-01
Reapist  4 stars
Title: Official ACF HIOFI Poster
Posts: 4,367
Registered: 2001-12-20 03:56:16
I wish I was well enough off that I could spend the money on it to help preserve it.

 

-----signature-----
pkhere: Jebus sometimes you make my arse tired.
Referring to illegal aliens as 'immigrants' is the same as referring to shoplifters as 'shoppers' - Dorvinion
I'd feel bad for Satriani but he got himself into it. - allmightybob_MLF
Tipztoe  4 stars
Posts: 1,775
Registered: 2004-3-1 17:53:43
-Prismatic- posted:

FineYoungCannibals posted:

then take it to Pawnstars and say you found it in your grandmother's basement. call in the expert


things i think about when i'm alone



I think about masturbation when I'm alone



you should hit up palmstars for that
Fallen_daemon  3 stars
Posts: 761
Registered: 2001-7-28 16:34:29
its bs mostly but people will pay millions for it, just like modern art people will pay millions for it if someone says its good.

 

-----signature-----
Fight white guilt and injustice by going to a Native American casino and gamble your money away.
me pic http://acf.curbjaw.com/armchair.htm
Formerly known as :armchair warrior, sysphus, fallen_deamon
http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form

VaultNetwork.net is an independently operated community forum and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or technically based on IGN, GameSpy, FilePlanet, GameStats, or the former IGN/GameSpy Vault Network.
References to VaultNetwork.net mean this site/domain. VNBoards-style presentation is a visual homage only. By using this site, you agree to the forum rules.