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August 2008 rare-string instrument intelligence

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Rare Stradivarius cello expected to set world record at auction

tarisio.com

The article reports that a rare Stradivarius cello, owned for decades by British cellist Amaryllis Fleming, is set to auction with an estimate of $1.75 million to $2.3 million. The piece notes the current auction record for a cello is $1.288 million set by a Stradivarius at Sotheby’s in 1988, and mentions the Duport and Davidoff cellos in context of high valuations.

Professor tweaks violins using biochemistry

eu.therecordherald.com

The article discusses biochemist Joseph Nagyvary, a Texas A&M professor emeritus, who studies the chemical make-up of violin wood to reproduce Stradivarius-like qualities. It references Nagyvary’s background in Hungary, his aim to understand why Stradivarius instruments command high prices, and his work analyzing specimens from Stradivari and Guarneri violins.

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