A valentine to a violin
Leonidas Kavakos and the "Abergavenny" Strad.This post is partly a valentine to Leonidas Kavakos, the celebrated violinist who played Jordan Hall last weekend as part of Celebrity Series.But it's also valentine to his violin, the "Abergavenny" Strad, made in 1724, at the close of the great maker's "golden" period. Clearly the "Abergavenny" is 24 carat - although the tone of any instrument is bound, of…