Anna Tijinsky

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6,124 appearances 27 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard yesterday

Anna Tijinsky’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 27 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 9.

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No Such Thing As A Fish · No Such Thing As Trigger's Stradivarius · 17 Sep 2026 podcast

So one idea is that the wood was treated with borax to prevent worms from eating it. voice-verified

And that supposedly made it better. voice-verified

There's another idea that they made the varnish with volcanic ash. voice-verified

Wow. voice-verified

So that made it better. voice-verified

Really common one is the varnish itself was cochineal varnish. voice-verified

It's made out of insects, I think, cochineal. voice-verified

Uh but this was supposed to really help the resonance. voice-verified

Of the instrument. voice-verified

And the thing is that he was the only one using Cochineal because he was making instruments for extremely wealthy, powerful people and had everything at his disposal to make the best violins, which is why I think probably they were the best ones. voice-verified

Because you know, like he just had every chance to make the best ones because he was making them for the royal family. voice-verified

Right. voice-verified

And also there was voice-verified

Also, voice-verified

Yeah, if you're a s not every scientist can try and cure malaria otherwise there's gonna be lots of other parts of the science that sorry we can't fix your computer because we're trying to let him in his laptop again. voice-verified

I think voice-verified

Oh yes, you did. voice-verified

And then when we were on tour that happened. voice-verified

Yeah, I think it did. voice-verified

So I voice-verified

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