There is found poetry everywhere.One of the best descriptions I've read in a while, and one of the most interesting cellos I've ever seen was in today's WSJ, in a story on Wendy Sutter.
The piece, as written by Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, describes one of the cellos found in Ms. Sutter's apartment.
One of the cases housed a treasure: the "Ex Vatican," a viola da gamba built by Nicolò Amati in 1620 and later adapted as a cello by Stradivari. For 100 years it was played by papal musicians in the Sistine Chapel. In the 19th century, a French violin maker painted two angels on the front, lending the instrument the look of a beauty queen with biker tattoos on her collarbones.
A beauty queen cello with biker tattoos! Corinna's life cannot have been sheltered.
I didn't notice the angels on the cello until I started reading the story. But there they are, unmistakably biker tattoos. They reminded me of the logo on the side of a fleet of Checker cabs in NYC years ago. The owner was Robert Scull, so the cabs had an angel surrounded by the words "Scull's Angels."
Whether the ride was heavenly or not surely depended on who was driving. But anyone who remembers Checker cabs remembers they were the best ones to be in, even if the driver was lost.
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