HELP OR HINDRANCE?
In response to Andrew Dipper’s poetic and romantic observations on tools (‘The Lost Art of Cremonese Violin Archings’, October 2020): we should recognise that good tools and understanding go hand in hand. ‘Why not program a computer to do the job of arching for you – just press a button and go?’ Dipper mercurially asks, to which hi daughter adds, ‘We should not let the robots win!’