A learning hall presents the various steps to creat a violin ( aso with Braille signes) and a video on the art of Liuteria.
A plesant visit to the city of Cremona with its,useum can be a splendid chance to enjoy the specialties of the local cusine; the well known stew of mixed meats, the fruit mostards which is very good with the stew, and the fantastic "torrone".
The Messiah was bequeathed by the family of W.E. Hill to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford for preservation as "a yardstick for future violin makers to learn from".[1]
The violin is in like-new condition, as it was seldom played. The tonal potential of the instrument has been questioned due to the conditions of the Hill bequest. However it was played by the famous violinist Joseph Joachim, who states in a letter of 1891 to the then owner of the Messiah, Robert Crawford, that he was struck by the combined sweetness and grandeur of the sound.[3] Nathan Milstein played it at the Hills' shop before 1940 and described it as an unforgettable experience. It is one of the most valuable of all the Stradivari instruments.
The top of the Messiah is made from the same tree as a P.G. Rogeri violin of 1710.[4] The tuning pegs and the tailpiece (that shows the Nativity of Christ) are not original, but were added by Vuillaume.[5],