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Thu, 7 May 2020 10:28:43 -0400
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Re: Propolis
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> I'm wondering if the different properties of propolis has had anything to do with the production of the famous string instruments such as the Stradivarius string instruments.

I had read that they soaked the wood for long periods in a bath of mineral salts to inhibit mold. See this NYT article from 2016:

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/20/science/stradivari-violin-wood.html

Kind of like the arsenic used to preserve the dioramas of museums of natural history.

S

Skillman, NJ

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