Which performance is played on the Stradivari and which is on the Nagyvary?
For centuries luthiers, or makers of stringed instruments, have studied instruments made by Antonio Stradivari, hoping to discover the Italian master's secrets. According to Noel L. Owen, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and H. Dennis Tolley (BS '70), professor of statistics, the explanation may have as much to do with chemistry as woodworking. Along with Joseph Nagyvary of Texas A&M University, lead author of the study, and Joseph DiVerdi of Colorado State University, Owen and Tolley recently coauthored a study, published in the journal Nature, about Stradivari's secret.
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