CF PETHERICK POSTS BELOW GUARNERI STRADIVARI VIOLINS

Bein & Fushi, apparently, from what I read some years ago, began asserting, back in the 1980s, that it was unnecessary for them, or anyone deeply knowledgeable, to scrutinize the interior of a violin, in order to reach a decision or opinion regarding its maker. One could examine the exterior only to do this, if a brilliant enough connoisseur.