Social Experiment - Violinist

[Ed Doe]

I'm intruged Ginge.

In regard to the violinist...

I'm not sure what it's trying to prove. It can't be a quantitative study in class boundaries in terms of musical preference, as both the concert audience and the passers-by are uncontrolled study groups. It does not prove that classical violin is the preserve of the upper-class, as we do not know what the concert audience consisted of.

It cannot be a quantitative study in class boundaries in financial terms as if you are passionate about classical violin, and can afford it then you will pay the $100 to watch the concert. If you walk past someone busking and aren't bothered then you wont put money in his hat.
Ripps point also rings true, irrespective of the person playing the music, if I'm in a rush, I'm not going to stop. Besides, the acoustics would be sh*t in an environment like that...

So explain to me what this is trying to say?