Conzertgebow strings in the 60s
If you were to play in the Conzertgebow Orchestra in the 60s, which strings were you using? Some news on the strings used in Amsterdam in the 70s… (and we are not speaking of early music…)
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...the string maker is at minute 39', the hands of the string maker belogs to Mr. George Stoppani
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