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4 total messages Started by DonH Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:06

#929

Author: DonH
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:06

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- violin, that is.  What's so unique about it, that it cannot be replicated?

Re: Stradivarius

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Author: Geoff Lock
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:20

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On 18/06/2011 7:06 AM, DonH wrote:
> - violin, that is.  What's so unique about it, that it cannot be replicated?
>

The sound - not that I would anything about violins and their 
construction :)

Re: Stradivarius

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Author: DonH
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:35

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"Geoff Lock" <glock@home> wrote in message 
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> On 18/06/2011 7:06 AM, DonH wrote:
>> - violin, that is.  What's so unique about it, that it cannot be 
>> replicated?
>>
>
> The sound - not that I would anything about violins and their construction 
> :)
>

# What I am getting at is : that such violin is made of mundane materials, 
unless the wood or other components come from biologics which are now 
extinct.
    Was the technician who made the violin so skilled that all subsequent 
craftsmen are inferior?  Can an x-ray computer map of the violin detect a 
difference?
    Is the sound uniquely and objectively different, or only subjectively 
so?

Re: Stradivarius

#939

Author: Geoff Lock
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 04:22

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On 23/06/2011 4:35 AM, DonH wrote:
> "Geoff Lock"<glock@home>  wrote in message
> news:4e016d6c$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>> On 18/06/2011 7:06 AM, DonH wrote:
>>> - violin, that is.  What's so unique about it, that it cannot be
>>> replicated?
>>>
>>
>> The sound - not that I would anything about violins and their construction
>> :)
>>
>
> # What I am getting at is : that such violin is made of mundane materials,
> unless the wood or other components come from biologics which are now
> extinct.
>      Was the technician who made the violin so skilled that all subsequent
> craftsmen are inferior?  Can an x-ray computer map of the violin detect a
> difference?
>      Is the sound uniquely and objectively different, or only subjectively
> so?
>

I vaguely remember a doco on the Stradivarius and the only think I 
remember from that doco was that it was interesting :)

I am sure that the points you have raised have been done to death by 
someone somewhere.

As far as the quality of the sound is concerned, you will note that a 
Stradivarius is most often seen being played by a virtuoso. Now, by my 
reckoning, a good test of sound quality should include the Stradivarius 
being played by a hopeless incompetent - someone like me :) Any chance 
of organising such a test, DonH? :)

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