Thats simply nonsense...Strads get dragged all over the world and fixed if need be, and are very unlikely to be abused to the degree that they’ll ever become dust or too delicate to play...like I said, the ones in use get maintenance or they wouldn't be usable...Yo Yo's cello...lots and lots of playing time, no problemo.
Saving the sound of the Stradivarius
An interesting project is taking place in Cremona Italy. A link to a brief piece in the New York Times describes the effort to chronicle the sound of various Stradivarius instruments before they have lost their mojo.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/arts/music/stradivarius-sound-bank-recording-cremona.html?action=...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/arts/music/stradivarius-sound-bank-recording-cremona.html?action=...
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