{"id":216,"date":"2015-09-07T19:41:17","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T23:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mccluskieviolins.com\/blog\/?p=216"},"modified":"2015-09-09T08:36:06","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T12:36:06","slug":"30-year-old-wood-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mccluskieviolins.com\/blog\/30-year-old-wood-good\/","title":{"rendered":"33 Year Old Wood never sounded so good!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This stunning instrument was crafted from 33 year old Old Oregon Maple and Spruce obtained by special arrangement from\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.violinsandbows.us\" target=\"_blank\">Mt. Airy Violins and Bows<\/a> shop in Philadelphia, PA. It is rare to have access to wood of that age and quality. \u00a0Mr. McCluskie created a 16 1\/8&#8243; viola in a pattern well loved by McCluskie viola-owners over the years.<\/p>\n<p>Players who have tried this instrument have remarked on how easily it plays. \u00a0The sound has been described as exceedingly resonant\u00a0and full.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_218\" style=\"width: 173px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mccluskieviolins.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Viola402-back.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-218\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-218\" src=\"http:\/\/mccluskieviolins.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Viola402-back-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"R. W. McCluskie Viola 402-back\" width=\"173\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mccluskieviolins.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Viola402-back-193x300.jpg 193w, http:\/\/mccluskieviolins.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Viola402-back-658x1024.jpg 658w, http:\/\/mccluskieviolins.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Viola402-back.jpg 1793w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">R. W. McCluskie Viola 402-back<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_217\" style=\"width: 173px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mccluskieviolins.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/viola402-front.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-217\" src=\"http:\/\/mccluskieviolins.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/viola402-front-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"R. W. McCluskie Viola 402-front\" width=\"173\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mccluskieviolins.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/viola402-front-192x300.jpg 192w, http:\/\/mccluskieviolins.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/viola402-front-656x1024.jpg 656w, http:\/\/mccluskieviolins.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/viola402-front.jpg 1818w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">R. W. McCluskie Viola 402-front<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This instrument is being shown at<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.violinsandbows.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mt. Airy Violins and Bows<\/a>,<br \/>\n6665 Germantown\u00a0Ave.<br \/>\nPhiladelphia, PA 19119<br \/>\n215.438.9031<\/p>\n<p>mountairyviolins [at] gmail.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please contact them, or us (mccluskieviolins [at] gmail.com) for additional information<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This stunning instrument was crafted from 33 year old Old Oregon Maple and Spruce obtained by special arrangement from\u00a0the Mt. Airy Violins and Bows shop in Philadelphia, PA. It is rare to have access to wood of that age and quality. \u00a0Mr. McCluskie created a 16 1\/8&#8243; viola in a pattern well loved by McCluskie &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"http:\/\/mccluskieviolins.com\/blog\/30-year-old-wood-good\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mccluskieviolins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mccluskieviolins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mccluskieviolins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mccluskieviolins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mccluskieviolins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/mccluskieviolins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224,"href":"http:\/\/mccluskieviolins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions\/224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mccluskieviolins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mccluskieviolins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mccluskieviolins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}