March 2013

Jack Benny demonstrates how to identify a Stradivarius

March 16, 2013 09:52

Some people play instruments that used to belong to great virtuosi. The instrument I play is famous for a different reason... here, Jack Benny shows us how to tell a cheap instrument from a (gasp) $30,000 Stradivarius!

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