The Violin
Created By: boatsie
Last Modified: 12/29/05
Summary: Another violin-napping! As 2005 draws to a close, another priceless fiddle stolen from a vehicle in San Francisco. Just what is it about the violin?The Stradivarius: Of 1,100 instruments built, some 650 still survive
Summary: One of 650 Stradivarian violins.
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http://upload.wikimedia.orgMid Sweden University scientists are trying to create is a violin with the same acoustic properties as a Strad.
Summary: Surrounding Stradivarius Violins
From: http://flatrock.orgLink: A dramatic European cold spell, the Maunder Minimum, may have enhanced the quality of wood used by Stradivari.
Summary: A mini ice age between 1645 and 1715 ...
Violinists
Summary: Two violinists
From: http://fabianperez.comThe evolution of the violin
Summary: A PBS special
From: http://www.pbs.orgThe most famous instrument in the world ...
Summary: Violin magic
From: http://www.dartfordsymphony.co.ukLink: Antonio Stradivari: Italian violin maker. Over $2 million for a Stradivarius in '05
Summary: Still the most famous and finest violins.
Link: Stradivarius: The Web Site
Summary: Virtual home of the world's most famous violin
Link: Science and Stradivarius: the physics of sound
Summary: Most highly developed stringed instrument created in 16th century Italy.
Link: Art Theft: World's Most Wanted Instruments
Summary: Missing: Priceless violins.
Link: THEFT OF THE DAVIDOFF-MORINI STRADIVARIUS
Summary: FBI Top Ten Art Crimes
Link: Virtuoso recovers and plays famous violin once owned by Russian tsar.
Summary: A famous violin returns to its newest minder.
Link: The Violin: A Thinkquest Project (French/English)
Summary: Beautifully rendered history of one of the world's most beautiful instruments.
