<font color='black' size='2' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'> <div>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. </div> <div> </div> <div>Wim<br> <br> </div> <div style="CLEAR: both"> <div> </div> </div> <br> <br> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<br> From: David Weiss <davidweiss@embarqmail.com><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Mon, Jan 2, 2012 3:42 pm<br> Subject: [pianotech] old violins<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_1_11016780-4288-47f9-ace9-bdde3a8d98f4> <STYLE>#AOLMsgPart_1_11016780-4288-47f9-ace9-bdde3a8d98f4 td{color: black;} @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} #AOLMsgPart_1_11016780-4288-47f9-ace9-bdde3a8d98f4 p.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_1_11016780-4288-47f9-ace9-bdde3a8d98f4 li.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_1_11016780-4288-47f9-ace9-bdde3a8d98f4 div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} #AOLMsgPart_1_11016780-4288-47f9-ace9-bdde3a8d98f4 a:link,#AOLMsgPart_1_11016780-4288-47f9-ace9-bdde3a8d98f4 span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} #AOLMsgPart_1_11016780-4288-47f9-ace9-bdde3a8d98f4 a:visited,#AOLMsgPart_1_11016780-4288-47f9-ace9-bdde3a8d98f4 span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} #AOLMsgPart_1_11016780-4288-47f9-ace9-bdde3a8d98f4 span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;} #AOLMsgPart_1_11016780-4288-47f9-ace9-bdde3a8d98f4 .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} #AOLMsgPart_1_11016780-4288-47f9-ace9-bdde3a8d98f4 div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} </STYLE> <div class=WordSection1> <div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">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.  </SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Follow the link if you are interested.</SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">David Weiss</SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><A href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2012/01/02/144482863/double-blind-violin-test-can-you-pick-the-strad" target=_blank>http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2012/01/02/144482863/double-blind-violin-test-can-you-pick-the-strad</A></SPAN></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </font>