Definition of Strads

1. Noun. (plural of Strad) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Strads

1. strad [n] - See also: strad

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strads

strabotomy
stracchino
stracciatella
stracciatellas
straczekite
straddle
straddle carrier
straddle carriers
straddled
straddler
straddlers
straddles
straddling
stradiot
stradiots
strads (current term)
strae
straes
strafe
strafed
strafer
strafers
strafes
straff
straffed
straffing
straffs
strafing
strag
straggle

Literary usage of Strads

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Art-music Readers by Frederic Herbert Ripley, Elizabeth Schneider (1916)
"The "strads," as they are called, are the best violins that have ever been ... Sometimes clever imitations have been made to be sold as genuine "strads. ..."

2. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"It is interesting to note before leaving this period that the backs of the ' Long strads ' are nearly always cut in one piece ; that the model is rather ..."

3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1881)
"I never was aware before I undertook violin tracking that there were so many " strads" in New York—at least in the opinion of violin players. ..."

4. English Music 1604 to 1904: Being the Lectures Given at the Music Loan by Worshipful Company of Musicians (1906)
"Now, a Strad. violin is no less beautiful to the trained eye, and has a beautiful voice into the bargain, yet that sum would buy twenty strads. ..."

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