# Fritz 2017: Listener evaluations of new and Old Italian violins

> Claudia Fritz, Joseph Curtin, Jacques Poitevineau et al., 2017. 8 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The test of the claim that old violins carry…

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# Listener evaluations of new and Old Italian violins

Claudia Fritz, Joseph Curtin, Jacques Poitevineau et al., 2017. _Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114, 5395–5400_.

Two hall experiments comparing three new violins with three Stradivaris, with and without orchestra. The new violins projected better and were generally preferred, and listeners could not reliably tell new from old.

**Stradivari "secret"** Articledoi: **[10.1073/pnas.1619443114](https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1619443114)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The test of the claim that old violins carry better in a hall.

## Cited by on this site 8 records

[The material differences exist but have no reliable audible effect.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/answers/ANS0CQAGWXW42SF/the-material-differences-exist-but-have-no-reliable-audible)

Answer

ANS

[Blind-test preference and identification results](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CQAGZKT7TZE/blind-test-preference-and-identification-results)

Dataset

DAT

[Hall listeners judged new violins to project better than Stradivaris and preferred them on average.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/evidence/EVD0CQAGQJ00J9G/hall-listeners-judged-new-violins-to-project-better-than)

Evidence

EVD

[Listeners and players do not prefer or identify Stradivaris in blind tests.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/evidence/EVD0CQAGX5P6PW1/listeners-and-players-do-not-prefer-or-identify-stradivaris)

Evidence

EVD

[Three independent blind studies with players and listeners found no old-violin advantage.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/evidence/EVD0CQAGR9E6PMD/three-independent-blind-studies-with-players-and-listeners)

Evidence

EVD

[Listener tests in halls favour new violins for projection and preference](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/events/EVT0CQAGNBP2JC9/listener-tests-in-halls-favour-new-violins-for-projection)

EVT

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

The mystery article

MYS

[If the materials differ, do the differences change the sound?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/questions/QST0CQAGPAY7VZ1/if-the-materials-differ-do-the-differences-change-the-sound)

Question

QST

## Cite it

```
Fritz, C., Curtin, J., Poitevineau, J., & Tao, F. C. (2017). Listener evaluations of new and Old Italian violins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114, 5395–5400. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1619443114
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[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1619443114)

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**SRC** 0CQAGD9W2GEZ

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Journal article

Rights

The publisher's

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27 Oct 2026, for editors

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Against the published article

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