Violins made by Antonio Stradivani and other craftspeople in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries in Cremona, Italy, produce a sound that is considered superior to that of modern stringed instruments. Some experts have claimed that the type of wood used to create Cremonese violins is responsible for their prized sound, but modern and Cremonese violins are made of the same kinds of wood: maple and spruce. New analysis, however, has revealed unique indications that the wood in the older violins was chemically treated by the makers, leading researchers to suggest that ________

Which choice most logically completes the text?

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the sound quality of Cremonese violins results in part from a method the craftspeople used to alter the wood.

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Cremonese violins probably were not considered superior to other instruments at the time they were made.

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if modern violins were made of a wood other than maple or spruce, they likely would sound as good as Cremonese violins.

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the current process of making violins is the same process that was used centuries ago by Cremonese craftspeople.