He Gave Up A Strad For A 27-Year-Old Violin, And He's Very Happy About It

"There are violinists who talk about Strads, which are old, and Zygs, which are less old. The violinist Chad Hoopes, who used to play a Strad, now plays the other. The word 'newer' would have been tidier in that first sentence. But 'less old' seemed appropriate after Mr. Hoopes, who went from playing a Strad made in 1713 to playing a Zyg made in 1991, said that the Zyg is 'not a new violin.'
'It's older than I am,' he added, quickly."

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