String Homework # 2

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Answers 1 to 4 can be found in you vocabulary sheet on the string family.

1. Who was Antonio Stradivari?

2 What was his contribution to the violin?

3. Who was Nicolo Paganini?

4. What was his contribution to the violin?

The answers to questions 5 - 11 can be found in the handout on Stradivarious violins.

5. What other instruments did Stradivari make?

6. How many instruments did Stradivari make in his lifetime?

7. How much do Stradivarius violins cost?

8. Why would anyone who found a Strad think he or she had a real one?

More questions on back

9. How much money did UCLA give a woman to reclaim a lost Stradivarious violin?

10. What would you do if you think you found a genuine Stradivarious violin?

11. What have you learned by reading this article on Stradivarius Violins?