Stradivarius

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You might like Stradivarius violins because worms hate them|Sara Chodosh|August 18, 2021|Popular-Science
In one experiment, six world-class musicians preferred the new instruments, while four preferred a Stradivarius.
You might like Stradivarius violins because worms hate them|Sara Chodosh|August 18, 2021|Popular-Science
Stradivarius violins have sold for more than a million dollars.
You might like Stradivarius violins because worms hate them|Sara Chodosh|August 18, 2021|Popular-Science
He opened it with some trepidation, and it was found to contain a Cremona violin—a genuine Stradivarius.
Boyhood in Norway|Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen

The view is what I have endeavored to represent in a little poem called "Stradivarius," which you may not have happened to read.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. III (of 3)|George Eliot
There was no remedy but music, and as soon as Bradshaw got at his Stradivarius the mists seemed to disperse.
Somehow Good|William de Morgan
Such a pipe was perhaps to Theocritus what the fiddles of Stradivarius are to us.
Atlantic Classics|Various
The moment the bow touches the Stradivarius a stream of beautiful sound flows toward the hearer.
Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday|Henry C. Lahee

British Dictionary definitions for Stradivarius

Stradivarius

/ (ˌstrædɪˈvɛərɪəs) /

noun

any of a number of violins manufactured by Antonio Stradivari or his familyOften (informal) shortened to: Strad

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Cultural definitions for Stradivarius

Stradivarius

[ (strad-uh-vair-ee-uhs) ]

A kind of violin made by the Italian craftsman Antonio Stradivari in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Those that still survive are considered the finest violins in existence.