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  • StradDec1993
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    From the archive: The tale of the King of Spain Strads

    2013-11-13T00:00:00Z

    The set of decorated Stradivari instruments housed at the Royal Palace of Madrid made news recently when they received their first public performance, by the Quiroga Quartet from Spain (see link below). The stringed instruments have an eccentric history, shrouded in mystery and conflicting views. Stradivari made them for the Spanish ...