In 1990, after Hsu had become a successful entrepreneur, he bought a violin that Antonio Stradivari had made in 1709 from violinist Lin Cho-liang. "When I placed that violin against my neck," he recalls, "I was so thrilled that I couldn't speak. When playing the first note, Stradivari's spirit jumped across 281 years, beckoning to me clearly.
1990 年，已是成功企業家的許文龍，自小提琴家林昭亮手中購買了安東尼奧・史特拉底瓦里製於 1709 年的「瑪麗・霍爾 — 維奧第」，他形容：「當琴身貼上脖頸的那一瞬間，渾身激動得無法言語；在拉出第一個琴音時，史特拉底瓦里的靈魂穿越了 281 年的時空，發出清澈如水的召喚，宛如天啟。」