Saving the sound of the Stradivarius

An interesting project is taking place in Cremona Italy. A link to a brief piece in the New York Times describes the effort to chronicle the sound of various Stradivarius instruments before they have lost their mojo.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/arts/music/stradivarius-sound-bank-recording-cremona.html?action=...

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stringreen Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,112 posts 01-21-2019 at 01:22am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Sting instruments must be played or they go bad. Joe Grado (the original owner) tried to made a plastic violin using Bell Labs laser to "perfect" the proper resonance...the project was put on hold after awhile. I played a Strad......its major asset (there are many) was its ability to play to the balcony of the hall. My favorite violin is Guarneri. Trying to replicate the Strad sound is impossible .....they sound different with different bows.
wolf_garcia Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,650 posts 01-21-2019 at 07:00pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Wood can be maintained to last forever, and nobody knows why Strads sound so good, with many theories out there...why does a 1939 Martin often sound so much better than new one? It will if it's played, and nobody knows what a Strad sounded like when new...likely pretty good, and later simply great.
prof Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,741 posts 01-22-2019 at 03:06am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thank you for the interesting article!
gawdbless Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,165 posts 01-22-2019 at 03:11am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Here you go folks....... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9532631/How-to-make-a-cheap-violin-sound-li...