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Originally Posted by David Powell
Today, I don't think luthierie is what is was in Stradivari's day.
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Agreed. Today there is a higher level of workmanship, on average, than in Strad's day. There is a better understanding of how violin-family instruments work. There is a more open relationship between master luthiers and those with aspirations to become masters themselves. There is a better understanding of wood and wood movement. There is better training and an explosion of useful information-sharing that is propelling luthiery forward.
There is also an explosion of pomposity amongst self-appointed experts who have little if any experience in the field but like to publish huge tomes of self-aggrandizing information on the internet for their own ego gratification.