Page_Master Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 i have just been reading internet articles on violins. i don't plan to build one, well may be in the future, i am just interested in them. anyway, a few weeks ago i believe someone posted a topic saying it was an absurd wasy of judgind tone. contrary to this, i found this article: Science and the Stradivarius and it says: Build quality: how to make a good violin So how do skilled violin makers optimize the tone of an instrument during the construction process? They begin by selecting a wood of the highest possible quality for the front and back plates, which they test by tapping with a hammer and judging how well it "rings". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank falbo Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 It can be considered obsurd for a solidbody, but I believe in it for anything with an acoustic top, like a jazzbox, violin, dreadnaught, etc. But maybe not a 335 with the center block. What is obsurd is to listen for a resonant frequency. Because it's not the resonant freq inherent in the wood itself, but rather the size of the piece. Like slowly emptying a glass of water while tapping it, the resonant frequency will change as you carve the body. So a body blank's freq means nothing. Now, you might tap out blanks to hear the decay. If one makes a hard knock with no decay while the other rings out for 200ms, then you've found something "in the tree" that will carry over regardless of the size or shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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