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barboek.blogspot.com
A biola Antonio Stradivari, production year 1725, found by Mudzoffar (75) in Malang, East Java. The instrument, bought in 1957 from a man of Chinese descent for Rp 7,000, is believed to be one of the oldest violins in the world based on its maker and year inside the body. The discovery was reported by Kompas.com.
hirextra.hu
The article discusses a Stradivari violin presented in Budapest with involvement from Szőcs Géza, Kokas Katalin, and Kelemen Barnabás. It details its provenance from the egri archbishopric, discovery after WWII, and eventual purchase by Zelnik István for the Aranymúzeum, with official assessments confirming it as a genuine Stradivari from 1697.
aerztezeitung.de
The article discusses how radiologists and instrument makers created a near-identical replica of Antonio Stradivari's 1704 violin Betts using 1000 CT scans and a 3D printer process. It features Dr. Steven Sirr of Mora, Minnesota, violin maker John Waddle of St. John, Minnesota, and another instrument maker Steve Rossow, and notes that the Betts is one of Stradivari's most copied violins.
newatlas.com
Ben Coxworth reports that Empa researcher Francis Schwarze and a Swiss violin-maker are developing a process to produce resonance-altered wood using a white-rot fungus to create fungus violins, with initial tests in 2009 showing listeners preferred them to a genuine Stradivarius. Empa aims to standardize the wood treatment for potential material-scale production under the guidance of tonal wood expert Iris Brémaud.
slippedisc.com
The article reports that violin dealer Dietmar Machold, who declared bankruptcy, has been transferred to Vienna to face trial on charges of fraud and embezzlement. Authorities in Switzerland and Austria are tracing five Stradivarius and four Guarnerius among 17 instruments valued at $50 million.
latimes.com
The Los Angeles Times article describes the Maestro Foundation’s loan program providing more than $1 million worth of cellos, violas, violins and bows to string students, including Colburn School students Natalie Helm and Born Lau. It notes the foundation’s financing through private concerts at Aaron Mendelsohn’s Santa Monica home and highlights instruments such as a $50,000 Marten Cornelissen cello and a $30,000 Helmuth A. Keller viola.
inquirer.com
MuChen Hsieh, a 19-year-old music student, had left a $170,000 violin made in 1835 in Naples on a Megabus from Boston; the violin was found with the help of the Philadelphia Police and returned at a Southwest Detectives press conference.
bbc.com
BBC News reports that Muchen Hsieh, an 18-year-old violin student, reunited with her Naples-made violin, dating to 1835 and valued at about $170,000 (£108,000), after it was left on a Megabus in Philadelphia and later recovered by staff.
boston.com
A Boston music student from the New England Conservatory, Muchen Hsieh, was reunified with a $170,000 violin after leaving it on a Megabus. The 1835 violin by Vincenzo Jorio was recovered in Camden, Pennsylvania, and returned to Hsieh with help from Philadelphia police and Megabus staff.
paolochiarielloblog.blogspot.com
The article discusses Jessica Muchen Hsieh, a Taiwanese violinist student at the New England Conservatory of Music, who lost a valuable Italian-made violin after alighting a bus in Philadelphia and later had it recovered. The instrument was made in Naples in 1835 and bears a label with luthier Vincenzo Jorio; it was loaned to her by the Chi Mei Culture Foundation of Taiwan.
mgronline.com
A gifted Taiwanese violin student at the New England Conservatory of Music, Jessica Muchen Hsieh, left a rare violin worth more than $170,000 on a Megabus in Philadelphia. The instrument, made in 1835 in Naples, Italy and labeled Vincenco Jorio, was reported missing and later recovered, while still on loan from the Chi Mei Culture Foundation in Taiwan.
nationalpost.com
The National Post reports that Muchen Hsieh, a student at the New England Conservatory in Boston, forgot a US$170,000 violin on a Megabus in the overhead compartment and was reunited with it after police and bus company assistance. The instrument, made in 1835 by Vincenzo Jorio in Naples, was on loan from a Taiwanese cultural foundation and later returned to Hsieh.