Talk:Player preferences among new and old violins

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Is this page's topic really notable? It looks to me like a plug for a single scientific study---by its own authors, I suspect.

I am the primary author of the article, and I am not associated with the study. Did you look through the references? It was covered by an insane number of news sites. Sign your comments. Gaijin42 (talk) 04:25, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

2014 update

Repetition of the study/experiment, by the same authors, using 12 violins. Will work on an update section

• http://thestrad.com/latest/news/blind-tested-soloists-unable-to-tell-stradivarius-violins-from-modern-instruments
• http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavior/2014/04/elite-violinists-fail-distinguish-legendary-violins-modern-fiddles
• http://www.livescience.com/44651-new-violins-beat-stradivarius.html
• http://dfm.sgvtribune.com/article/you-cant-hear-the-difference-between-a-stradivarius-and-new-violins/6d37fb96366e688654f55e900d8e2199
• http://www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/blind+test+world+class+musicians+prefer+violin+Stradivarius/9710954/story.html
• http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/musical-surprise-virtuosos-prefer-new-violins-blind-test-n74141
• http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/news/modern-violins-beat-stradivariusmade-instruments-in-a-blind-test-9244976.html
• http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/07/old-violins-versus-new/7383707/
• http://phys.org/news/2014-04-soloists-violins.html

Gaijin42 (talk) 21:17, 8 April 2014 (UTC)