A classical music book is on-topic here, too; "Indivisible By Four" by
Guarneri Quartet member Arnold Steinhardt.
In one chapter where he discusses instruments in general and the ones used
by the Guarneri members in particular he describes how the violin he plays
spent several decades painted black as a wall decoration (!) and had several
new replacement parts made before it was playable again--it has been spliced
together out of two old instruments plus some fresh wood. Ain't no "new old
stock" parts on Cremonese string instruments!
David Feldman
Vancouver, WA
<johan.ericson@logicoffice.se> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 3:34 PM Subject: [CR]Was Colnago (and others)..now somewhat off topic
> Johan Ericson wrote:
>
> ...The debate thickened when someone asked the following - If a vintage
> boat buff at one point find the boat "X" that has a almost good hull but
>
> the deck, interior and everything else is shot. He uses most of the hull
>
> and build everything else up to original standard with the right
> materials and methods. The boat is his pride and joy. 20 years later
> someone else finds the parts that he rejected and during the 20 years
> the opinion of what is usable has changed. Guy 2 says "Hey I found the
> boat "X" (not knowing of the first guy) and builds a new hull with some
> of the wood from the original and restores all of the other parts.
>
> Who has the boat "X"? From what year is it?
>
> Change all the maritim words to the bike world and think about it. Maybe
>
> a bike rode by Coppi or Merckx?
>
> Regards
> Johan Ericson
> Stockholm, Sweden.
>
> This post makes me think of an excellent book that my mother gave me
> last Christmas: "The Same Ax Twice - Restoration and Renewal in a
> Throwaway Age" by Howard Mansfield - University Press of New England,
> Hanover, N.H. 03755. Although it has nothing to do with bicycles it
> examines many of the same issues that we kick around here on the list...
> Highly recommended. Jamie Swan - Northport, New York.