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Notes on the Construction of the Violin, 1902
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1clusions. Amongst others he formulated the theory that, of two pieces of pine of the same dimensions, that which yields the highest note is the best for violin making.
3(It is only right to say that few, if any, violin-makers of repute admit the utility of this test.)
5Chladni had already pointed out* that rods of steel, glass and pine of the same dimensions yield the same note; and apparently on the strength of this statement (which of course is practically correct) Savart was led to the extraordinary conclusion that the reason why deal (pine) is pre-
7* Traité d'Acoustique. Paris, 1809.
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