We have early voting for a good amount of period to get everyone in , how long do you think we need ? Some people just don ' t care enough to vote . <| sep |> So it would be XML on my server and then parsed into swift on the user end ? I didn ' t know that would be an option . <| sep |> My Hayes for his Marchessault ? League is rotisserie counting G , A , , PIM , PPP , GWG , SOG and HITS . I ' m currently lacking G , PPP and SOG . <| sep |> Uhoh , red zone . <| sep |> Sure they do , of the most expensive violins , only about half are Strads , there are six Guarnerius violins that sell for similar amounts . You have to consider that many of the instruments built in the Baroque period are either unplayable due to their age or aren ' t suited to modern practices . The violins of the period as well as the violas and cellos are similar in size and volume to modern instruments and most have been updated over the years to suit evolving musical demands and tastes . The one playable Stradivarius guitar isn ' t worth what the violins are because it is not really suitable for playing anything other than Baroque guitar music . A trumpet without valves or a sackbut aren ' t terribly useful in any modern situation . As with any antique , a lot of the price goes into the provenance of the item , most of the Guarnerius instruments cost what they do because they were played by Nicolo Paganini . One of the most expensive violins in the world is one that was played on the Titanic , made by Arthur Catton Lancaster and nowhere near as old as a Strad . Another consideration is rarity , there are over 200 Strad violins , many of them playable . There are only thirteen known Strad violas , the most well preserved of them recently went for $ 45 million , the highest price so far for a Strad violin was $ 16 million . A Strad cello went for $ 20 million a few years ago , there are only 63 of those around . It ' s easy to write it all off as cork sniffing , the thing about the Strad blindfold test is not that the Strad sounds worse than modern violins , it ' s that modern violins can sound as good as a Strad . What modern instruments don ' t have is history , a story , a legacy , and that goes a long way for collectors and players .