Comparing violins requires competence and involves both subjective objective evaluations. In this manuscript, vibration tests were performed on a set of 25 violins, historical new. The resulting bridge admittances modeled in the low mid-frequency ranges through features. Once projected into new representation, three made by Stradivari famous reproduction revealed high similarity. PCA highlighte...

Finite element analysis methods have been used to calculate the effects of trimming bridges on the first several frequencies of vibration. Violin bridges and both standard and Belgian designs of cello bridges have been investigated. Calculations of both in-plane and out-of-plane vibrating modes have been made when the feet were rigidly fixed. In one case, no motion out-of-plane was permitted. I...

A central problem in the production of music by computer is how to generate sounds with similar but different timbres; that is, how to synthesize a'family" of instruments that are perceived as distinguishable but similar in timbre. This paper describes a method for synthesizing a family of string-like instruments that proceeds as follows: First, a few actual violin notes are analyzed using line...

A central problem in the production of music by computer is how to generate sounds with similar but different timbres; that is, how to synthesize a'family" of instruments that are perceived as distinguishable but similar in timbre. This paper describes a method for synthesizing a family of string-like instruments that proceeds as follows: First, a few actual violin notes are analyzed using line...

The paper refers on an original experimental activity oriented to correlate sound and internal forces generated in violins. In particular static and dynamic forces generated in the contacts between bridge and soundboard-playing instruments belonging violins family are analysed respect to the generated sound. A classical violin has been instrumented with two force sensors, wireless interfaced to...

This article will use the European violin as a lens through which to reinterpret interactions between Aboriginal people and Europeans in twentieth-century Australia. The is particularly well-respected instrument within western art music tradition. Accordingly, took Indigenous embrace of evidence successful assimilation policies acquisition civility. However, diverse adaptable sound violin, comb...

This study analyses the luthier's philosophy on traditional violin making through a literature review and online survey to investigate sources of affective value produced by violin. Violins have existed for more than five centuries without changing their artisan design, being taken in industrial advances such as alternative materials greater efficiency that accompanied many technological innova...

In the last few years, many high quality and realistic violin synthesizers appeared. But the quality of the resulting sound is sometimes poorer than promised due to the lack of musical information provided to the system. It is very difficult for composers to deduce and include information like “bow speed”, “pressing force” or “fingering” to a MIDI file while real violinists base their musicalit...