Interesting Article on the Violin

[Chris]

Not playing the violin, but the instruments themselves. Very interesting.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...solar_secret_3Click</a>

[Gurn Blanston]

Originally posted by Chris:
Not playing the violin, but the instruments themselves. Very interesting.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...solar_secret_3Click</a>

Chris,
Very interesting indeed. I first started following this story in the early 1980's in Discover MAgazine when they ran a short series of articles on why Strads sounded so good, and the speculation ran the gamut from the varnishes mentioned even to testing the water of the river (Arno, I think) where the trees were floated down from the mountains to see if the long submergence mineralized the wood in a peculiar way. So it is good to see yet a further chapter. Hope they figure it out in my lifetime, as I sorta want to see how it turns out, now ;-)


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[Chris]

I just want them to start turning out Strat-level quality violins for $1000

[Chaszz]

A very interesting story. Maybe they could test the theory out by getting wood from the nowadays northernmost and coldest forests of larch, spruce and pine, maybe in Scandanavia or Siberia or Canada, and giving it to a recognized fine violin maker. And doing it quickly, before global warming makes it impossible.

[spaceray]

The making of violins in Canada ,with Canadian woods goes way way back in time,the fiddle is featured in early folk music in Quebec and the Maritimes.

The crafting of high quality replica Baroque harpsichords,lutes and viols is a growing industry here.

Instruments made of Canadian woods cope well with dramatic climate changes as well.