does age hold the key of life

There is something about the sound of a violin, which renders it the perfect musical instrument to sing the lament of the exiled. The guitar, while a powerful versatile instrument of emotional expression has come to represent, more often than not, a kind of individualism. In this modern age the guitar has also come to be a potent symbol of rebellion and while exiles can be rebellious; it not necessarily rebellion which sends them off the familiar traveled roads of home and heart.

This UK Independent article tells you more about wood density than you probably ever wanted to know but I did find it fascinating to learn what potentially gave the legendary Stradivarius violins their unique sound had more to do with the age of wood density used in their construction. Chalk it up to another hidden virtue of age.