The Strad - Ask the Experts: protecting your instrument from chips and nicks thestrad.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thestrad.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Strad News - Paganini s Il Cannone violin receives X-ray treatment thestrad.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thestrad.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Paganini s Il Cannone brought from Genova to Grenoble for sophisticated X-ray synchrotron analysis at the ESRF esrf.fr - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from esrf.fr Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
French experts fired X-rays at a 18th-century violin worth millions this weekend hoping to discover the secret of its magical sound, they said Monday.Luigi Paolasini, who was in charge of the project at the ESRF, said the violin had been insured for a value of 30 million euros ($32 million) to travel from Genoa to Grenoble.