This is not related to Peter or The AN in particular, and you could have chosen a lot of ways to defend Peter, but I just found these three marketing concepts weird.
1. First, no price has been stated - You don't have to state a price. In fact no price for luxury items is excellent marketing...
I have seen many. I also posted many years ago a picture of Haitink conducting that with the LSO and mentioned that a few times.
you can do a basic google of "antiphonal violins" and see what comes up..
In fact here is one google result "the detail of the instruments comes through and it helps...
This is one way, often violins, cellos and double bass can be mixed up and violins can be on both left and right. It's called the antiphonal arrangement.
Some have speculated that conductors who were more conscious of the recording once stereo era started, broke from the antiphonal to the...