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why is the stradivarius violin red?
I heard a rumor that the violins are red because of a treatment used to protect the wood from bugs/termites that were common back in that day. Is that true? Or did he really just like the red dye and colour them because of that.
I’ve never seen a red Strad, so I don’t know
Scientists pierce ’secret’ of Stradivarius violin — in part
