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Ray Chen compares a $69 factory-made violin with a $10m Stradivari

26 June 2020

’Even on the open strings you can tell the difference. The Strad has this resonance, clarity and warmth’

Violinist Ray Chen compares a $69 factory-made violin with the 1735 ’Samazeuilh’ Stradivari violin worth around $10m.

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