Stradivarius Secret Found By Texas Chemist

Music lovers around the world sing the praises of certain violins and cellos that were made more than 300 years ago in the small city of Cremona in northern Italy. The instruments made by Antonio Stradivarius, in particular, are highly regarded and the few hundred that survive today command prices in the millions of dollars. For many years craftsmen and scientists have studied these violins to find their secret. Now, a chemist in Texas claims he has already found it -- not in the structure of the instruments, but in chemicals used to preserve the wood.

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[DynastyPercussion]

how effing hell....what violin was that guy using at 3:00-3:03??

It sounds so beautiful.... =O

[Rooboner117]

@OliverTwuster01: Then why does the chemist's violin sound so damb good?

[JQSmith2011]

Thank you so much for taking the time to post this video, it's greatly appreciated.

[blindsaquib]

chris walken,,lol

[backtobackjeffris]

this is pretty neat! i'll admit, i got excited when i heard him playing the bruch piece at 2:48.

[ChristianFS1]

"sulphur, clorine and MORON were present" - - :D

[violinwater]

very good try

[abdulalk]

I owned the Ex-Menuhin Nagyvary and will challenge any violin in the world for a test. IT IS A JEWELL.

[mc2trio]

I believe that this kind of research is very substantial to "serious" music industry. without anybody to create breakthroughs in instrument AND composing new music classical music is going to come to a stand still.

[Shadowtech666]

@DynastyPercussion That was the chemist's instrument lmao. That was the whole point of this video

[est101010]

maybe the violins sounded good after being exposed to some sort of radiation.

[light4darkness]

I read that the wood was broken oars made of deliberately curved fibers by the Ottomans to sabotage Italian armies. So maybe they treated oars with anti rotting chemicals, and then sea water and bacteria did something to it too.