[pianotech] old violins

[tnrwim at aol.com]

On a similar subject, I recall some years ago, (but maybe it was just a story), that Bosendorfer built two identical grands, one with a solid spruce board and one with a laminated board, and that professional pianists could not tell the difference. 

Wim



 



-----Original Message-----
From: David Weiss <davidweiss at embarqmail.com>
To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Mon, Jan 2, 2012 3:42 pm
Subject: [pianotech] old violins



I heard an interesting story on NPR today about old violins versus new ones.  Researchers did a double blind study to see if professional violinists could distinguish the old violins from some new ones.  
 
Follow the link if you are interested.
 
David Weiss
 
http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2012/01/02/144482863/double-blind-violin-test-can-you-pick-the-strad


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