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Re-order Paragraphs
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Re-order Paragraphs
Arrange the sentences into the correct order.
Put the sentences in the correct order:
- Surprisingly, in most trials neither the performers nor the listeners could reliably tell the difference, suggesting that the instrument's reputation may rest as much on history as on sound.
- To settle the matter, researchers organized a blind listening test in which professional violinists and audiences tried to distinguish Stradivarius instruments from high-quality modern violins.
- One theory attributed their sound to a unique varnish recipe, while another pointed to unusually dense wood grown during a period of cooler European climate.
- For generations, musicians and scientists alike have debated what gives these instruments their supposedly unmatched tonal quality.
- Violins crafted by Antonio Stradivari in the early eighteenth century remain some of the most coveted instruments in the world, often selling for millions of dollars at auction.