The Great violin mystery
The Great violin mystery [videorecording] /
WHA-TV and WGBH ; producer and director, Barry Stoner.
- New York, N.Y. : Time-Life Video, 1982.
- 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col.
- Nova .
Title from data sheet. Intended audience: General. Issued as VHS 1/2 in.
In search of the secret of the elusively majestic voices of the great violins of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, follows the trail of individuals who have pondered the mystery and who have revealed some of the nuances that give an Amati or Stradivarius its elegant tone. In the second half, physicist Jack Fry maximizes the tools of modern science to experiment on dozens of factory-made violins until he is able to adjust the brightness and responsiveness of an instrument with a few manipulations.
For sale ( 200.00)
82707102 /F
Violin.
ML800
Title from data sheet. Intended audience: General. Issued as VHS 1/2 in.
In search of the secret of the elusively majestic voices of the great violins of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, follows the trail of individuals who have pondered the mystery and who have revealed some of the nuances that give an Amati or Stradivarius its elegant tone. In the second half, physicist Jack Fry maximizes the tools of modern science to experiment on dozens of factory-made violins until he is able to adjust the brightness and responsiveness of an instrument with a few manipulations.
For sale ( 200.00)
82707102 /F
Violin.
ML800