Saturday, December 29, 2018
VIOLIN FOIBLES SMELL TEST DIALOGUE
So, you use a smell test to determine whether an old violin is Italian.
Yes.
How do you do that? Do you sniff the violin?
Oh, no! We have trained chimps who can smell a hundred times better than we can!
How do you know when they identify a violin as by a maker?
We let them compare the scent of a known example, and compare it with the scent of the subject violin. When there is a match, they get very excited! You must have seen chimps get excited. It is unmistakeable. If not, they quietly want a chimp treat for having sniffed the violins. We consulted with Jane Goodall on this. D'Attili used to say he could identify a violin at a glance. Maybe this is one better! We also use it as a cross check for dendro!
This post is dedicated to Stewart Pollens.
Yes.
How do you do that? Do you sniff the violin?
Oh, no! We have trained chimps who can smell a hundred times better than we can!
How do you know when they identify a violin as by a maker?
We let them compare the scent of a known example, and compare it with the scent of the subject violin. When there is a match, they get very excited! You must have seen chimps get excited. It is unmistakeable. If not, they quietly want a chimp treat for having sniffed the violins. We consulted with Jane Goodall on this. D'Attili used to say he could identify a violin at a glance. Maybe this is one better! We also use it as a cross check for dendro!
This post is dedicated to Stewart Pollens.
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