Sefiras HaOmer - What is a Stradivarius? {Torah Illuminated Series}

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foreign [Music] what is a Stradivarius a Stradivarius is an instrument made by Antonio stradivari an Italian born in 1644 who died in 1737. stradivari was a luthier a maker of stringed instrument guitar cello violin during his lifetime he crafted more than 1100 instruments and of those 540 violins 50 cellos and 12 violas are still in existence a Stradivarius produces magical tones unequaled by other instruments many luthiers have attempted to reproduce the sound of the Stradivarius but none have been able to exceed and over the years historians researchers have analyzed what exactly is responsible for the production of these magical tones and they've come up with various theories some claim it was the wood that stradivari used others say it was the varnish and still others believe it was the Waters of cremona which was the key ingredient in producing the Stradivarius one of the most renowned musicians violinist today Joshua Bell who would play Stradivarius and about 15 years ago The Washington Post arranged an intriguing little experiment to test how people react to unexpected out-of-context art so they commissioned Joshua Bell to play in a Washington DC subway station to bring his Stradivarius with him now ordinarily Joshua Bell earns one thousand dollars a minute Bell played for 45 minutes during which time more than a thousand people passed by but in the 45 minutes that Bell played in the subway station only 27 out of the 1075 passerbys threw a donation in his violin case netting a grand total of 32 dollars and this experiment created a tremendous sensation scores of Articles were written to try to explain what what happened here can people not recognize Quality Art on their own why would people shell out more than a

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