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RE: Violin, old vs new

Very nice post! My two sons play violin and I was learning with them until I was paralyzed in an accident. I too became fascinated with the tone of different violins and ended exploring that quite a bit. Some of the best discoveries I made was with strings and rosin. Have you tried the Warchal brand of violin strings yet? I have found them to be fabulous and superior to any other strings I've tried. They are a bit too bright for the first week of play and then seem to last almost forever. They only recommend two different brands of rosin, and we use one of them with fantastic results. (see link below).

I was fascinated to hear Hillary Hahn play live at the excellent local concert hall. While she is a superb violinist, I didn't think the tone of her Villaume was even as good as the 100-year old Boston area instruments I had bought for my sons - at less than 1/20th of the price of hers (which is relatively "cheap" for a "big name" violinist).

Now you have me very curious about the "Guarneri del Gesus played by Rachel Barton Pines". Are there any recordings that you would kindly recommend? Thanks in advance!



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