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Sefiras HaOmer: What is a Stradivarius?

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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instruments and of those we still have today 540 violins 50 cellos and 12 violas aarius produces magical tones unequaled by other instruments many luers have attempted to reproduce the exact sound but none have succeeded over the years many historians and researchers have come up with various theories as to why the Strat of various producers is such exceptional sound some claim it was the wood stav used others say it was the varnish and still others believe it was the Waters of Crona the city that Strat lived one of the world-renowned violinists today is Joshua Bell who plays the Stratovarius and about 80 years ago the Washington Post arranged an intriguing little experiment to see how people react to unexpected outof context art so they commissioned Joshua Bell to stand in Washington DC at a subway station and play classical music ordinarily when Belle gives a recital he earns about $1,000 a minute Belle played for 45 minutes during which time more than 1,000 people passed by but in those 45 minutes that he played only 27 out of the 1,075 passer by only 27 of them threw a donation into his violin case netting him a grand total grand total of $32 now this experiment experiment created a tremendous sensation scores of Articles were written about the experiment can people not recognize the quality of Fine Art on their own why would people shell out upward of $1,000 a ticket to hear Joshua B play but not stop and listen to the music when it was

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