Hi Doug, I agree with you, reluctantly. BUT - didn't Landowska play for Tolstoy in Russia? So her cembalo, if it survived, must be over 100. Tolstoy died in 1910. Andrew PS Hence the issue of "antique revival instruments. a Ha,ha, ha, Quite a conundrum.
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Antiques are usually considered to be things which are at least 100 years old.
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