Metro stop experiment

Will one of the nation's greatest musicians be noticed in a D.C. Metro stop during rush hour? Violinist Joshua Bell experimented for Gene Weingarten's Sunday Magazine story in The Washington Post. After 43 minutes he earned $32.17, which would be almost $40 per hour. Three days before he appeared at the Metro station, Bell had filled the house at Boston's stately Symphony Hall, where merely pretty good seats went for $100.

Watch it below and notice Stacy Furukawa who arrived near the end position herself 10 feet away and remained planted in that spot until the end.



Read the complete story here at Washingtonpost.com