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We promised an update but really don't have much to say, given the "if you can't say anything nice, don't say it" constraint that we will adhere to in this case. We don't want to end up getting "blacklisted".
So...something nice: The other luthiers from Cremona, Italy, the very place where Guarneri and his student, Stradivari, refined what is now considered the standard violin design were very friendly and had lots of nice things to say about out innovative octave violins (demonstrated by our partner firm, Fiddarci Lutherie). Other attendees would have been, if living in the time of Stradivari, the same people who ridiculed his creations as too radical a departure from the viols da gamba, which were the rage among the self-proclaimed musical Establishment of his day.
Something merely factual: Read into this what you will. Arguably the greatest guitar designer and manufacturer of all time, Christian Frederick Martin (C.F. Martin Guitars), left Germany to set up business in the U.S. in the early 1800s for a reason. Read about it at C.F. Martin's website (in the "History" section). Sounds like not much has changed since then!
No photos or video of Music Mess owing to the fact that photography or video is strictly verboten!
End of story.
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