to solve one of the secrets of Stradivarius group of chemists from France and Germany under the leadership of Frenchman Jean-Philippe Esharov allowed ultramodern equipment, through which were analyzed five instruments, made by masters of Cremona in different years.
It is believed that Stradivarius for 70 years created the 1,1 thousands of musical instruments, but with the XVIII century to the present day preserved about 650 of them.
The study took four years. However revealed that the unique sounding violins betrayed not paint coating - in the manufacture of varnish Stradivari used no unusual ingredients. The researchers found that the tools "were treated with two layers, with the second added pigments. First, the tool was covered with a "base" of sikkativnogo oil, then a layer conventional oil varnish.

Thus, says Le Temps, the secret of the special sound of Stradivarius violins still not been discovered, which means "lovers of violin, musicians and scientists will be able to continue the persistent search for the secrets of old masters of Cremona."