A&M Prof Has A New Violin Design

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9:18a, 3/20/19
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Professor Emeritus Joseph Nagyvary at Texas A&M has conducted violin research for 40 years. After exhaustive tonal frequency tests, chemical analysis, and detailed measurements of key parts, he believes that making violin fingerboards lighter and shorter would bring their sound closer to that produced by the instruments of Italian masters centuries ago. His work is published in the latest issue of the music journal The Strad.
https://today.tamu.edu/2019/03/05/new-violin-design-could-change-the-instrument-forever/

The sound of a Stradivari violin for a fraction of the price. Whoop!
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9:32a, 3/20/19
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9:39a, 3/20/19
Pretty sure he was my biochem prof. I seem to remember hearing that he was working on this back in the 90s.
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3:24p, 3/20/19
Yes he was our Bio Chem professor.
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6:10p, 3/20/19
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His wife was my high school chemistry teacher, and I went to school with his daughter. Great Aggie family.
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In reply to alph • 6:16p, 3/20/19
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Fraction of the price of a Stradivarius violin. Nagyvary's violins start at around $10k.
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6:47p, 3/20/19
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I just listened to a bunch of violins on YouTube from > $1 million to $100 and they all sounded the same
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In reply to redd38 • 2:38a, 3/21/19
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redd38 said:
I just listened to a bunch of violins on YouTube from > $1 million to $100 and they all sounded the same


I was about to do the same thing. Thanks for saving me time.
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In reply to Bird Poo • 6:26a, 3/21/19
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PearlJammin said:
redd38 said:
I just listened to a bunch of violins on YouTube from > $1 million to $100 and they all sounded the same


I was about to do the same thing. Thanks for saving me time.
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6:44p, 3/21/19
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I wonder what it would sound like as a fiddle in the hands of someone like Bobby Flores who's a pretty decent fiddle player.
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10:35p, 3/21/19
Long time Biochem prof. Still sounds like Dracula.
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11:56a, 3/22/19
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As soon as I saw "A&M prof" and "violin" I knew it was Dr Nagyvary. He joked with us that he was from Hungary, home of vampires.
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12:46p, 3/22/19
I knew it had to be him too. Had him back in the early 80's for Biochem. He might be great with violins, but almost made me learn to hate the subject. Regained an appreciation for biochemistry under Harris and Baldwin. But cool stuff about the less expensive violin.
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12:51p, 3/22/19
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One of my very good friends must have grown up with Woody06. My friend told me about Dr. Nagyvary when my son joined orchestra and started playing violin. Apparently Dr. Nagyvary's daughter is a very talented violinist.
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