I won't be at this week's session in Syd,but I'll be at the Shannon next week and it's going to be my last session for a while(usual weird life twists:back in Europe for some weeks).If you think you might not make it,please I'd like to have someone to talk to about my poor butchered thing,so my address is
visidoro@yahoo.com

As for the Cremona thing,my painting teacher's husband was a 100% cremona-bred liuthist.But he told me once that sound is an abstract concept,a magic.No rules,you just make it happen.(Even if you end up sanding a viola...).

Hope everything fine
Lena