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News Technology Highly resonant wood could be commercially produced for Stradivarius-quality fungus violins
| Highly resonant wood could be commercially produced for Stradivarius-quality fungus violins |
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| Friday, 09 December 2011 15:16 | |||
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Earlier this week, we brought you the story of a radiologist and two violin-makers, who used computed tomography (CT) imaging to create a copy of a 1704 Stradivarius violin. The instrument that they
produced was almost an exact replica of the original, as far as the shape, thickness and volume of its wooden parts was concerned. As one of our readers pointed out, however, much of the tonal quality of Stradivari's instruments was likely due to the microstructure and resonance characteristics of the wood of which they were made, caused by the growing conditions at the time. Well, it turns out that someone is working on reproducing that aspect of the violins, too.
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Continue Reading Highly resonant wood could be commercially produced for Stradivarius-quality "fungus violins" Section: MusicTags: Acoustic,
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