# Fritz 2012: Player preferences among new and old violins

> Claudia Fritz, Joseph Curtin, Jacques Poitevineau et al., 2012. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The first controlled test of the premise that…

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# Player preferences among new and old violins

Claudia Fritz, Joseph Curtin, Jacques Poitevineau et al., 2012. _Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109, 760–763_.

Double-blind test in which 21 experienced violinists compared six violins, new ones and old ones by Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesù, in a room with dry acoustics. The most-preferred violin was new, the least-preferred a Stradivari, and most players could not tell whether their favourite was new or old.

**Stradivari "secret"** Articledoi: **[10.1073/pnas.1114999109](https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1114999109)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The first controlled test of the premise that Old Italian violins are tonally superior.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

[Stradivari violins are reliably preferred and identifiable when players and listeners cannot see them.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/answers/ANS0CQAGPTJ0BVR/stradivari-violins-are-reliably-preferred-and-identifiable)

Answer

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[There is no general audible superiority; individual instruments differ more than old from new, and reputation…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/answers/ANS0CQAGR1M7TYY/there-is-no-general-audible-superiority-individual)

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[21 violinists preferred a new violin most and a Stradivari least; most could not tell if their favourite was…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/evidence/EVD0CQAGQ2C15GC/21-violinists-preferred-a-new-violin-most-and-a-stradivari)

Evidence

EVD

[Fritz and colleagues publish the first double-blind player test](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/events/EVT0CQAGMM85NCK/fritz-and-colleagues-publish-the-first-double-blind-player)

EVT

[Claudia Fritz](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/people/FIG0CQAGJXJ2PCA/claudia-fritz)

FIG

[The Stradivari "secret"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret)

The mystery article

MYS

[Do Stradivari violins sound or play better than the best new violins?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/questions/QST0CQAGNVA2FZ6/do-stradivari-violins-sound-or-play-better-than-the-best-new)

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## Cite it

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Fritz, C., Curtin, J., Poitevineau, J., Morrel-Samuels, P., & Tao, F. C. (2012). Player preferences among new and old violins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109, 760–763. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1114999109
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[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1114999109)

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