Shavuos: What is a Stradivarius?

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Yom Tov of Shavuos. And then we're going to I'm going to bid you farewell. What is a Stradivarius? I thought you might want to know the answer to that question. Stradivarius is an instrument produced by Antonio Stradivari an Italian who was born in 1644 and who died in 1737. Ah, Stradivari was a luthier, a maker of stringed instrument, violin, cello, guitar. During his lifetime he cello, guitar. During his lifetime he crafted more than 1,100 instruments and of those 540 violins, 50 cellos and 12 violia violas are still in existence. A Stradivarius produces magical tones unequaled by any other instrument. Many luthiers have attempted to replicate, reproduce the exact sound but none have succeeded. Over the years historians, music researchers have come historians, music researchers have come up with various theories about why a Stradivarius produces such exceptional tones. 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, the city that Stradivari lived, that was a key factor. Now, one of the most world-renowned violinists today is Joshua Bell who played a who plays a Stradivarius and about uh uh 15 years ago 15 years ago uh the Washington Post introduced and arranged an intriguing little experiment to see how people react to unexpected out of context art. So, they commissioned Joshua Bell to stand in a Washington D.C. subway station and to play classical music. Ordinarily, when Bell gives a recital, he earns about a thousand dollars a minute. Bell played in the subway station for 45 minutes, during which time more than 1,000 people passed by. But, in the 45 minutes that he played, only 27 out of

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