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In Reply to: Question, would a Stradivarius violin that sold for 2.4 million, measure differently than say a desent $1,000 one? posted by gme109 on April 4, 2007 at 06:40:53:
Interesting, no ?
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Take five or six violins: The Strad, the Nagy, a couple other respected instruments, and one with decent but noticeably inferior tone (relative to the Strad). And do similar "A-B" tests with various combinations. The unknown is whether tone was indeed similar or the environment obscures the discernment of tonal differences. If it turns out the other instruments induce a marked greater preference of the Strad (and the Nagy shows a similar increase in preference), then the modern violin maker may indeed have something special.But even there, there is an unknown. Will these instruments hold up physically like a Strad? There are probably other instruments that have excellent tone, but the structure of the instrument and/or the sound breaks down over time.
Well, I am not surprised at the results as it reflects broadly similar results in many areas in respects of test for various items. In this instance, when the instruments were obscured from view the new instrument was rated higher than the Stradivarius! On the otherhand, when both instruments were in view, the results were more even. Unsurprisingly, the Stradivarius stumbled once a priori knowledge was removed and it was judged based on its sound alone. Cloning the sound or basic functions of an old item is the easy part. What cannot be cloned is the fame, more often than not, judgements are formed based on fame not the basic functions.
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