Re: If You Don't Perform In Public....
In addition to playing mandolin, I collect antique Venitian glass beads. I never wear them and rarely do I show them to anyone. They serve absolutely no practical purpose. But, they bring me great joy as examples of outstanding artistic craftmanship with a fascinating history. I am sure many of the present keepers of Loar instruments feel a similar affinity to their instruments.
“Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher ‘standard of living’ is worth its cost in things natural, wild and free.” -- Aldo Leopold
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