First. Kudos. A 1951 D-18. What a treasure?! Hope there's a son or daughter who appreciates it and wants to keep it in the family.
Unfortunately, the cello my grandfather used on repeated tours of the major European symphonys, as a featured soloist, before WWI, is long gone.
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Should. But don't. After injuring my left and a near fatal bout with meningitis in early 1970 put an end to my own promising musical career, very thankful I can still play reasonably well. Little reason to keep more than a couple of good guitars.
13 yr old Martin 000-28 VS is the best instrument I've ever owned. To my ear? Only guitar I've played with better overall sound was the 1952 Gibson J-200 Dave Van Ronk used until the later 1960s when I arranged the sale of it to one of my friends and Van Ronk bought a Guild. Dumbest thing I ever did was not buying it myself!! Talk about a treasure?!
The VS has the wider fingerboard necessary to avoid string buzz from having to tape the end of my left index finger. J&J flexible fabric with a little additional padding underneath works very well.
Other guitar is a nearly 25 yr old Yari Grand Concert classical. Great aged tone. Very playable. An excellent instrument for a few Bossa Nova pieces, softer folk songs, and misc. finger style instrumentals. Of course the steel string Martin has more of an edge. Great for flat picking AWA finger style. Also, each interacts well, in it's own way with vocals.
One of the things that's made me VERY happy (due to my career being cut short) is to pass the baton to my nephew. Was the only relative, other than his brother and parents, invited to his senior recital at Carnegie Mellon University. He's an excerp from that performance:
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Great things ahead? What do U think?<g>
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