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Originally Posted by octothorp
An instrument's sound grows in complexity and changes as it's played. The sound of this violin will not be exactly the same as it was 300 years ago, and the reason an instrument is so valuable is in part how it ages. That said, if you stop playing an instrument, the panels will become slightly more rigid over time, and the sound quality decreases. A luthier I was speaking to recently told me how he's always interested when an instrument is brought back for repairs to see how an instrument's sound has changed since he built it, and the more heavily used instruments almost always take on a better sound.
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Cool, I didn't realize that...much better explanation that just "it's his violin he can do what he wants with it"