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Stradivari violin

12 years ago I've been listening to Moscow Virtuosos performing with no microphones in one of the best philharmonic halls in Kiev.
The soloist-conductor Vladimir Spivakov was performing on Stradivari's violin.

Is there any ways to record/reproduce Stradivari violin so that we can distinguish it through the speakers?

If anyone had a chance to listen to Stradivari violin on the live concert, please describe any kind of system if the one exists to record/reproduce the way that you can say that the musician plays on Stradivari violin but not on any other...

I do believe that it's not possible to distinguish through any kind of speakers.
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sugarbrie
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Great stuff Frogman! I then wonder if the Strad sounded like the new copy when it was new? We burn-in components and cables? The wood and glue on the Strad has had centuries of "burn-in".
rcprince
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I have wondered the same thing, Sugarbrie, although I don't think my Guild F-212 from 1969 has gotten any better in sound over the years.... Guess we'll have to come back in 2-300 years and see how the exact copy sounds then!
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marakanetz OP
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A great responces! THANKS! I was reading with pleasure. I know musicians that very often can tell who's playing and on what instrument(brand) not through the speakers though -- never tried to check.
BTW does Izhak Perelman have Strad?
gregm
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Fascinating thread Mara, and posts, Rc - Frogman - Sugar and others. In the case of the Stradivaris, isn't it amazing what a half-literate technician could achieve vs. what our present, hi-tech, sophistication cannot? A great master indeed!
More on subject, I can discern sonic differences on winds -- easily, as a matter of fact. But I have rarely paid but lip service to the instrument played -- more to the musician's playing, as Ewha. One exception is piano, so perhaps my ear is now more sensitive differences in that instrument.

BTW the Tacet cd mentioned by Stud above seems interesting.
sugarbrie
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Last time I heard Perlman's violin (I believe a Strad) was prevously owned by Yehudi Menuhim.

When a classical recording is on the radio that I own, I usually recognize it. Some friends are surprised when I tell them who is playing before the recording ends. I can sometimes tell it is certain person when I do not own it.

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