I love old instruments for that reason. I have a couple 100+ year old violins and people often think that means they're expensive, but it really doesn't. You ca

I love old instruments for that reason. I have a couple 100+ year old violins and people often think that means they're expensive, but it really doesn't. You can go to music or instrument festival and get a 100+ year old violin for less than $500. People made student violins 100+ years ago, and they're not "fine" instruments - high quality modern instruments would cost much more. But I still love that one of them was played in a remote, one room cabin during some pretty cold winters in the 1920s. The other one, I have no idea how it got over to the US, I can only wonder about it. Steerage, maybe?