Hi again

Country Bob was talking about guitars improving with age. I read/heard/heard-in-cyberspace recently (I think it was on the harp mailing list) that wooden instruments sound better when they are being played often and they need some time to get back into thatr condition if they have been left unplayed. An interesting theory caught my attention and that is that the structure of the wood can be compared to animal muscle and without "exercise" it becomes stiff and unresponsive but the vibrations from constant playing "tone up" these "muscles" and improve the instrument's sound quality.

What do you think? I like the idea of it, but is it plausible?

Helen