Stradivari “anticipat[ed] the growing role of the violin as a solo instrument and brought violin-making to new heights ... who played his first Stradivarius cello at 18 and whose grandfather ...

Also making the trip from the Museo was its CEO ... It stands unchanged, witness to Stradivari's revolutionary move from his earlier, big cello designs, to the subsequent instruments played by Yo-Yo ...

In the back of the shop he can be found spending time repairing, restoring or creating an assortment of music making, stringed instruments ... “This is my 300-year-old, fully restored, Stradivarius ...