Grin... let me see if I got this right..... probably 90 % of the music playing world ( or some such absurdly majorital figure ) goes around under the impression that Strads and less then a handfull of other old master builders built instruments that sound better today then any instrument made since... will pay millions to get ahold of one... and... Similiar... if not quite to the extreme.... phenomena exist relating to the Steinway grands.... concert halls litterally everywhere have them to such a dominant degree its quite fantastic actually.... yet.... somehow or another "we" know that this is all imagination... sales hype... mystic...bs... what have you... We have definitive proof that Strads *dont* <<sound>> better... I like the klang I hear in there somewhere..... we can actually <<know>>, as in proof positive written by all the gods of science... we can <<know>> that one make of instrument does not <<sound>> better then another despite the fact that the vast majority of our fellow humans <<know>> something else... Isnt Knowledge a wonderfull thing ? I am indeed flabergasted....grin. RicB Don wrote: > Hi Michael, > > Strads *don't* sound better than every other violin of expert > craftsmanship. Further they are *not* as originally designed having been > greatly modified with a longer neck on a different angle with a much > oversize bass bar, not to mention the difference in bridge design and > string materials. But the public goes gaga over the words "he owns a > Strad". Much the same thing happens in the piano world when you say > Steinway. I'm sure you may have come across a "Steinway" that was less than > wonderful. We all know there are a few truely great instruments, whatever > their make may be. > > At 07:04 AM 4/9/02 -0500, you wrote: > > Finally, I rest assured that many efforts by a multitude of experts over > >many years has failed to produce the scientific justification of why a > >Stradivarius sounds better than any > >other violin of expert craftsmanship. > > > > Michael Wathen > >Wapin Co., LLP > > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. > > mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca > http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ > > 3004 Grant Rd. > REGINA, SK > S4S 5G7 > 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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