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eu.starnewsonline.com
Catherine Clabby reports from Greenville about East Carolina University's laboratory study of Stradivarius violins using lasers and other 21st-century tools. Violin maker Samuel Zygmuntowicz and other experts brought 1715 and 1734 Stradivari instruments and a 1735 Guarneri to ECU for analysis.
cbc.ca
The Stradivarius violin, once owned by Lorand Fenyves who taught at the University of Toronto, the University of Western Ontario and the Banff Centre, sold for $1,436,000 US at a Skinner Auctioneers and Appraisers sale in Boston. The instrument, estimated to have been made in 1724, has a history of names used to distinguish Stradivari instruments, and the new owner has not yet been revealed.
heraldtimesonline.com
The Herald Times reports on Peter Jacobi's profile of Michael Duff, who transformed from a microbiology academic in Bloomington into a master bow maker. The article covers Duff’s background, his violin study, and his partnership with luthier Ole Dahl that influenced his craft.