Beautiful instruments Tuo, I have my Uncles violin, I don't play , he had Palomino horse hairs on end and when he played a lively one the hairs would swing wildly about. As a child it was the most magnificent thing. to see. He would come to our house, he lived down the road and play on our front porch, pretty soon the porch was full of neighbors, Mom said the reason he played at my fathers house was because he was too tight to serve them coffee. Dad owned a pool hall then and sometimes served them stronger drinks, although my Uncle sometimes brought over his Cherry Bounce, a good time was had by all. He had no children, he died first and when his wife passed her sister gave me the violin. All my children learned to play, they don't play now which is a shame, I play the Acordion and it welds me to my Cajun roots, my Grandfather played the Accordion also. Music is so important in life, thank you for this thread and reminding me of my Uncle.