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A Stradivarius is one of the violins, violas, cellos and other string instruments built by members of the Italian family Stradivari, particularly Antonio Stradivari (Latin: Antonius Stradivarius), during the 17th and 18th centuries. They are considered some of the finest instruments ever made, and are extremely valuable collector's items.
According to their reputation, the quality of their sound has defied attempts to explain or equal it, though this belief is disputed.[1][2][3] The many blind experiments from 1817[4][5] to as recently as 2014[2][6][1] have found no difference in sound between Stradivari's violins and high-quality violins in comparable style of other makers and periods, nor has acoustic analysis.[7][8]
The fame of Stradivarius instruments is widespread, appearing in numerous works of fiction.
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- ^ Joyce, Christopher (2012). "Double-Blind Violin Test: Can You Pick The Strad?". NPR. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
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