Wood density holds key to Stradivarius sweet sound
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 - 23:14
in Mathematics & Economics
LONDON (Reuters) - Researchers using a medical scanner have worked out why a Stradivarius violin sounds so good -- it is because of the remarkably even density of the wood.
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