TLDR: A DJ/sound engineer had the idea to sample 4 old violins from the Violin Museum in Cremona. "The Violin Museum, which was already concerned about preserv

TLDR: A DJ/sound engineer had the idea to sample 4 old violins from the Violin Museum in Cremona. "The Violin Museum, which was already concerned about preserving these sounds for future generations, agreed. It enlisted Lorenzi and four other world-class musicians from Italy and the Netherlands to play four prized instruments for posterity — the 1700 Antonio Stradivari "Stauffer" cello, the 1727 Antonio Stradivari "Vesuvius" violin, a 1615 "Stauffer" viola by Girolamo Amati, and the 1734 "Prince Doria" violin by Guarneri del Gesù." The mayor asked residents to keep the noise down, and blocked traffic around the recording hall.