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Question: How many Violins did Stradivarius(spelled wrong I am sure)!?
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Every Strad was made entirely by hand, with a painstaking care devoted to the selection of woods and even the texture of the finishing varnishes!. This was no assembly-line operation, and the best estimates have Antonio producing no more than around 1,100 instruments, including the violins, in his entire lifetime!. Of these, an estimated 630 to 650 still survive the more than 250 years since they were made!. 512 of these survivors are violins!. Many others were destroyed in fires or other accidents, were lost at sea or in floods, and some were destroyed by the fire-bombing of Dresden in World War II!. Virtually none are unaccounted for!. Today a genuine Strad is worth two to three million dollars!.Www@QuestionHome@Com