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It is no disgrace to be second fiddle to a Stradivarius. (Joseph Nagyvary and his attempt to reproduce 18th century Italian violins)
Joseph Nagyvary heads north on Agrimony Road, away from his office in the sleek new Blochemistry Building at Texas A&M University. Ten minutes later, the 56-year-old professor turns his white Toyota onto a dirt road and pulls up at a rundown agricultural field station on the edge of the sprawling campus in College Station, some hundred miles northwest of Houston. A herd of Hereford cattle grazing in a nearby pasture duly notes his arrival.
Here, in two cluttered, white frame buildings, Nagyvary oversees research into, no, not beef production, but violins-and extremely unconventional violins, at that. The Hungarian-born chemist claims that his instruments come ...
- Stradivarius: Artisan or accidental chemist? For one scientist, the magic...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor November 29, 2001 700+ words
...Renaissance luthier. According to Joseph Nagyvary, a chemist at Texas A&...wood to a perfect pitch, Mr. Nagyvary claims. The accidental chemical...buried the secret of the Strad, Nagyvary says. "There was a chemical paradigm...
- Secrets of the Strad. (Stradivari violin)
- Magazine article from: Popular Science Lampe, David September 1, 1984 700+ words
...The professor, Hungarian-born Joseph Nagyvary, himself an amateur violinist...cello. "Not a massive amount," Nagyvary admits, "but at least a thousand...explains, "the alchemists." Nagyvary's electron microscope has also...
- Stradivari tones tied to a fungus
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times March 9, 1986 700+ words
...Antonio Stradivari's violins, says Joseph Nagyvary, a professor of biophysics and...ingenuity but merely a fungus," said Nagyvary, who several years ago discovered...were examined over 10 years, Nagyvary said. Microscopic examinations...
- Violin's varnish makes beautiful music.(research indicates wood's finish is...
- Magazine article from: Science News Wu, Corinna April 11, 1998 700+ words
...lies in the wood's finish, says Joseph Nagyvary of Texas A&M University...biochemist and amateur violin maker, Nagyvary has analyzed wood samples from...violinist responds the them, he says. Nagyvary has made 84 violins over the last...
- El Stradivarius ya no tiene secretos.
- Magazine article from: Contenido Vargas, Lucas October 1, 2002 700+ words
...el qumico hngaro-estadunidense Joseph Nagyvary, profesor de bioqumica y biofsica...mejor percibe el odo humano--, Nagyvary dedujo que el secreto radicaba...confiere tonalidades ms brillantes. Nagyvary descubri adems que para proteger...
- Secrets of Stradivarius' unique violin sound decoded: study.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. January 26, 2009 700+ words
...theory propounded by professor Joseph Nagyvary in 1976 that chemicals used on...Stradivarius and the Guarneri," said Nagyvary, professor emeritus of biochemistry at Texas A&M University. Nagyvary, a native of Hungary who learned...
- Jockstrip: The world as we know it.
- News wire article from: United Press International August 28, 2003 700+ words
...biochemist and violin researcher Joseph Nagyvary. "What it comes down to is...the hands of great artists?" Nagyvary says in a statement. "I have...Society two years ago, one of Nagyvary's violins was pitted against...
- Violins' secret solved?(technology)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Current Science, a Weekly Reader publication February 9, 2007 700+ words
...Guameri del Gesu--had been chemically treated, says Joseph Nagyvary, a biochemist at Texas A&M University. The...treatment? "There was a major woodworm infestation" Nagyvary told Agence France-Presse. Woodworms are the larvae...
