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Thursday, June 25, 2020

SMELL TEST VIOLIN DIALOGUE

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.

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