I found a "real" Stradivarius violin!!

Came to youtube to see my favorite luthier talking about violin history, thats awesome :)

That costumer will end up getting a god pillar for his Strad

Twoset violin: lets go to Olaf and make some fun videos... Next: Olaf: let’s go to twoset violin to make some fun videos.... I’d really love to see you go to them and make a fun video... 😊😊😊😊😊

Me: looks inside my grandpa's violin "Jakobus Stainer 1765" Wikipedia: "Jacobus Stainer 1619-1683" Me: ...even dead he kept making violins.

Wait- Olaf has his own channel? How did I not know this??? I was busting up at first during the video, and then taking notes!

Btw your pronounciation of german words is really good.

This bloke just wanted his Grandad’s Strad valued and instead got a lecture on mass produced copies. Poor guy...

i am disappointed in twoset....they never mention olaf's channel D:

This is like a way more knowledgeable ‘Pawn Stars’ sale haha. “Best I can do is 4 dollars and a high 5”

I have two very old violins that were my grandfather's, one of which is a Strad copy (it has a german made label inside) that he'd been working to restore before he died and the second violin is a complete mystery! It's label is hard to make out inside, but it's a truly beautiful piece and has such a beautiful voice. I honestly don't care about value, I care about the fact that it's part of my grandfather's heritage and love of music which he wanted to pass on to his grandchildren 💜

I play a German workshop violin, no makers label. My great grandfather brought it to Australia when he migrated from England, passed to my grandmother who was a pianist and violinist. She got married and left that career to have 9 kids. Some of my aunties and uncles remember her and my grandfather playing from time to time, but eventually it ended up in a cupboard. It skipped a generation and passed to me once I started getting serious about my playing. It took a lot of restoration but it's served me well for the last 8 years. I'm now studying music at the same Conservatorium my grandmother studied at, with the same violin. Just last week I found a tiny initial etched into the back of the scroll. It's no Strad but I'm so grateful to have this instrument and all its history.

thank you! my friend said that her violin is a Strad, but i didn’t believe her, i checked, and it is not a Strad! i showed her this video, then she believed me.. hehe ♥️

I believe that my Yamaha electric violin is a genuine Stradivarius

I got a violin as a present and the label said it was a Stradivarius, so I knew it has to be some of these mass produced violins, but it's in good shape, and it was great for me to strat to learn on the violin :) Thank you for the video! The wig looks really great on you :D

This is Pawn Stars in a nutshell. Love the wig. I regret nothing from subscribing to you.

Misread the video, thought you actually found one. Very fun and informative video still, you can tell that customer is hiding something by wearing a wig.

Me: Plays piano Also me: *subscribes anyways*

I love how the video was serious for some time until "but it's definitely genuine!" came out of nowhere. Great stuff as always!

I'm embarrassed to say I also mistook my uncle's violin for a Stradivarius. It had a large label declaring it was such. Of course I was dubious, because we weren't rich by any standard. So I asked a violin forum about the possibility that this could be a forgotten treasure, and they all said it was impossible, and to look at the label closely. Sure enough, the label said in tiny letters "Reproduction". :-/

Hah! Love the hair! Great video, we need more! Have you seen the pathetic strads on pawn stars? Most of them aren't worth their cost in firewood.