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Hear the "Amati King Cello", the Oldest Known Cello in Existence

19 pointsby tesseratolast Friday at 9:17 AM5 commentsview on HN

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tesseratolast Friday at 9:17 AM

A look at the "King" Cello, crafted by Andrea Amati around 1560 for King Charles IX of France, which remains playable today at the National Music Museum.

fuzzfactortoday at 1:58 AM

You don't hear things by that instrument maker every day.

The grandaddy of the guy that taught Stradivarius.

dyauspitrtoday at 1:50 AM

Is the mystique around Stradivarius instruments subjectively put on a pedestal like wine tasting or audiophiles or can someone actually tell the difference in a blind test?

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