"Fiddle Faddle"

An audio copy of a BBC radio program from the 1970s in which a panel (comprising Pinchas Zukerman, Isaac Stern and Charles Beare) try a short blind-listening test on four violins.

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Part 1 (858 kb) Introduction.

Part 2 (1850 kb) The violins are played.

Part 3 (1731 kb) Discussion of test limitations; and the results.

Part 4 (1850 kb) Discussion about classic violins, their sound and qualities, bows.

Part 5 (2172 kb) Discussion about modern violins, the Strad vs del Gesu debate.

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