Some months ago, I was at the shop of Yo-Yo Ma’s luthier for a cello tune-up. That day I learnt more about the instrument than I had in a lifetime of deliberate listening and studying.
I also got to experience true mastery of the highest and rarest order: what it feels like, what it looks like, what it sounds like.
The shop is located on a major shopping …
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