Apparently, when you actually test violins blind, Strads and Guarneris don't rate any higher than modern violins. Interesting … #ddtb
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Player preferences among new and old violins
AbstractMost violinists believe that instruments by Stradivari and Guarneri “del Gesu” are tonally superior to other violins—and to new violins in particular. Many mechanical and acoustical factors ha…
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As a Calvin & Hobbes fan, I am surprised that your post title was not “Egad! Sad strad!”
Hmmmmmm. Am wondering what a “dry acoustic” is.
According to Google, “dry acoustics” are:
Dry acoustics are sounds (or rooms) with little or no reflection/reverberation. Recording studios always have dry acoustics. Theaters and concert halls are sometimes designed that way, vs churches (or singing in the bathroom) which are a wet or active acoustic (adding all sorts of reverb and echo).
My mom (Gloria) opined in email (after having problems posting a comment) that, having actually playing on both some Strads and some new, modern instruments, she questions the results suggested above.