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Notice of Anthony Stradivari, the celebrated violin-maker, known by the name of Stradivarius:, 1864
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1was seen to divide itself into two parallel lines on the sides of the rod; thus proving that the whole rod had entered into regular vibrations.
3These experiments yielded the following results:—
51. A rod of well-figured maple, of the dimensions stated, obtained from a fragment of a violin of Stradivarius, made in 1717, produced the note A sharp:
72. Another rod of plain maple, a fragment of an instrument of the same master, made in 1708, gave the same note.
93. A rod of deal taken from a violin of Stradivarius, made in 1724, produced F:
114. Another rod of deal, from an instrument of the same master, made in 1690, gave the same note.
135. Lastly, a third rod of deal obtained from another instrument of this celebrated maker, bearing the date 1730, also gave the same note.
15The pitch having continually risen during the last quarter of a century, the ancient standard was used, in making these experiments, which gave for the [lowest] C of the violin 512 vibrations in a second.
17Results so identical, produced by wood employed at such distant periods, leave no doubt that Stradivarius made use of means analogous to those adopted by Savart in his experiments, and that he attached great importance to them: for his eye-sight, however keen and well-practised it might have been, could never have enabled
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