The modern electric violin is about 10 years old.
Virtuosos opted for more modern violins rather than an old Stradivarius like the one above.
The three old instruments had a combined value of $10m, a hundred times that of the modern violins.
Give them a modern violin, and they'll dismiss the instrument straight away if it doesn't work for them.
This is the principle on which the modern violin and guitar work.
The baroque violin, as played today, is often held more parallel to the floor than the modern violin.
A prime-quality modern violin can cost $25,000, and it's easy to spend much more.
The modern violin is about 400 years old.
The modern European violin changed over time from many different bowed stringed instruments.
The modern violin was ubiquitous in Ireland by the early 1700s.
