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coffeesp00ns · 3910 days ago · link · · parent · post: Blind-tested soloists unable to tell Stradivarius violins from modern instruments
I think that any tool is like that. For a while my dad had a Metal working Planer that was from the 19th century, sort of mid-to-late industrial revolution. It was a total work of art, in the way that it worked (it reminded me of clockwork). He sort of restored it to working order (as much as he could, it's supposed to run on belt drive, and he didn't have one so he jerry-rigged a motor mount), and then gave it to a museum.