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Scan 45
Notes on the Construction of the Violin, 1902
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1corner." From the mechanical point of view the violin is a highly complex structure. When tuned to concert pitch it is subject to statically indeterminate stresses of considerable intensity which are quite beyond the reach of mathematical analysis, and which no doubt affect the transverse vibrations of the tables in a very intricate manner. It is also obvious that the results of experiments made with simple and symmetrical test pieces, for the purpose of determining the general laws of vibration and sound, are not immediately applicable to the violin as a whole.
3The timbre of the violin, like that of the human voice, is de-
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