Stradivarius imitations

[thalberg]

What does everyone think of Nagyvary's new Stradivarius imitations?  He claims to have reproduced the sound exactly.  Take a listen:

https://www.sciam.com/page.cfm?section=sidebar&articleID=000BD557-2293-1CFD-93F6809EC5880000

[thalberg]

OH COME ON PEOPLE!!!  This topic is fascinating and I've gotten ZERO replies.  Enough already.  I'm bumping this thread, I tell you.

[pianistimo]

the bach fugue is the stradivarius.  you cannot replicate them.  (at least that's what i thought).  the other sounds, well - semi- ok - but only in the right conditions.  say - everyone else has a quality 2 instrument.

i hope i'm right.  also, i think the serenata is the stradivarius.  the other seems to not hold pitch well at the high end.  the gavotte also sounds like a stradivarius.

also, i think the nagyvary looks terrible.  the varnish is ugly.  the decor of the violin matches the sound.  sorry.  i don't like it.  i'm very picky.  (hope he doesn't charge too much for these).

and, i hope i'm right about which was the stradivarius.

[jlh]

Why didn't she play the same movement with both instruments? 

[thalberg]

Good question, Josh.

More replies, please!  I know pianos are supposed to be the main topic, but violins are cool.

Hey, you know, we should have a competition.....record lots of different pianos and then whoever can identify them by brand gets a prize.  Like 5 bucks in iTunes or maybe some hand lotion.

[amanfang]

Good idea.  I have some nasty hand lotion that I'd like to give away.  Free from Mary Kay.  2 of them actually.

[thalberg]

LOL

[jlh]

Good question, Josh.

More replies, please!  I know pianos are supposed to be the main topic, but violins are cool.

Hey, you know, we should have a competition.....record lots of different pianos and then whoever can identify them by brand gets a prize.  Like 5 bucks in iTunes or maybe some hand lotion.

In thinking about this, all I could think of was the logistics of mounting such a competition.  Surely the scale of it would warrant more than a prize of $5 and hand lotion?  What happens if 20 people get the answers correct?  Lottery?

[thalberg]

Hmmm.....

Well, I don't think 20 people would get them correct.....identifying Masons, Steinways, Bluthners etc. by brand just from a CD would be SO HARD.  I've never even heard a Bluthner.

I think the logistical problems would arise mostly from getting recordings of the different brands.  You'd have to fly all over to get the different brands.  There's not a Bluthner in my whole state...or a Bechstein or a Steingraber.

I don't know......what's an appropriate prize?  Whatever it is someone has to pay for it, and until we find that, the competition will only be for recognition, or maybe amanfang's mary kay lotions.

[jlh]

I think the logistical problems would arise mostly from getting recordings of the different brands.  You'd have to fly all over to get the different brands.  There's not a Bluthner in my whole state...or a Bechstein or a Steingraber.

That was my thinking as well.