This spring, Sotheby’s will put one of the finest Strads in existence up for auction: a viola believed to have been built between 1700 and 1720. It is expected to go for nearly $45 million, according to the New York Times. The instrument is one of only 10 in existence. So what does it sound like? Filmed by The New York Times, the clip below features violinist David Aaron Carpenter playing Suite No. 3 in C by Johann Sebastian Bach.
