<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19222"></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id=role_body bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 rightMargin=7 topMargin=7><FONT id=role_document color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial> <DIV>There is one element missing in this experiment:</DIV> <DIV>We don't know how well the violins were set up ( "regulated" and "voiced"  in piano tech language). </DIV> <DIV>A Stradivarius with cheap strings, bad sound post adjustment and poorly cut bridge will probably sound worse and feel worse than any $800 plywood Chinese violin you can find on ebay. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jean-Luc</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 5/3/2012 9:24:37 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, pnrfqsnrk@yahoo.ca writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>In case anyone's interested in reading the article, here's the link:<BR>http://www.economist.com/node/21542380<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: David Love <davidlovepianos@comcast.net><BR>Subject: Re: [piano tech] Gen-u-whine Steinway parts<BR><BR><BR>Check out the article in the Economist about a month or two ago comparing the sound of various vintage violins against new ones. A blind listening experiment. I won't ruin it by telling you which ones came out ahead.<BR><BR>David Love<BR>www.davidlovepianos.com<BR>(sent from bb)<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>