Experimental Violin Acoustics

1986
AL#7 p.6   BRB1 p.232            
George Bissinger                                                                                           

▪ This transcription of a lecture by a professor of physics examines how five variables affect the performance of the violin. The variables are loudness curves and student instruments; free plate tuning and testing; humidity effects on plate modes; bass bar tuning; and coupling between enclosed air and plate vibrations.

This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.