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In the manga and anime series Gunslinger Girl, Henrietta carries an Amati violin case. It contains a Fabrique Nationale P90 when on a mission, otherwise it contains a real violin. On the radio show, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the January 1956 episode "The Ricardo Amerigo Matter" centered on a stolen Amati violin. [7]
This violin, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, may have been part of a set made for the marriage of Philip II of Spain to Elisabeth of Valois in 1559, which would make it one of the earliest known violins in existence. Andrea Amati (ca. 1505 - 1577, Cremona) was a luthier, from Cremona, Italy.
The Lady Blunt is one of the two best-preserved Stradivarius violins in existence. [7] It has survived, like the Messiah Stradivarius of 1716, in near-original condition, since it has resided mostly in the hands of collectors and seen little use. It was built on the PG form, being a mature golden period violin. The violin also retains its ...
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The F-holes of the Hardanger fiddle are distinctive, oftentimes with a more "sunken" appearance, and generally straighter edges (unlike the frilly, swirly F-holes of a violin). Four of the strings are strung and played like a violin, while the rest, named understrings or sympathetic strings, resonate under the influence of the other four. These ...
The double violin is capable of replicating a full orchestra's effect with the lower neck covering the double bass and cello range, and the upper neck generating treble sounds; the violin and viola. In addition to providing a wide range of five and a half octaves, playing on one neck produces a sympathetic resonance effect on the other. The ...
Ludwig Göransson Breaks Down Every Instrument in His ‘Oppenheimer’ Opus and Reveals Why Christopher Nolan Picked the Violin to Narrate the Film Tiana DeNicola February 19, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Cline with his violin. Clair W. Cline (September 30, 1917 – September 19, 2010) was an American carpenter and cabinetmaker, who was a prisoner of war during World War II. [1] [2] He had the rank of first lieutenant in the 448th Bombardment Group, [3] and was captured by German soldiers when his plane was shot down over Holland in 1944. [2]