Cremona violins [electronic resource] : a physicist's quest for the secrets of Stradivari / Kameshwar C. Wali.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2010.Description: xv, 157 p. : ill. (some col.)Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 787.2/1945271 22
LOC classification:
  • ML830.8.C74 W35 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Luigi Tarisio and the violins of Cremona -- The rise and fall of the Cremonese art of violin making : Antonio Stradivari (1644c-1737) -- The anatomy of a violin and the mechanism of sound production -- Some historical notes on violin research over centuries -- William F. Fry and his quest for the secrets of Cremona violins -- William F. Fry and his quest for the secrets of Cremona violins (continued) -- Myth & reality of Cremona violins ; Fry's violins -- A convergence of science and art.
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Accompanying DVD-ROM contains video discussion of violin making and a demonstration of a Fry violin.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-153) and index.

Luigi Tarisio and the violins of Cremona -- The rise and fall of the Cremonese art of violin making : Antonio Stradivari (1644c-1737) -- The anatomy of a violin and the mechanism of sound production -- Some historical notes on violin research over centuries -- William F. Fry and his quest for the secrets of Cremona violins -- William F. Fry and his quest for the secrets of Cremona violins (continued) -- Myth & reality of Cremona violins ; Fry's violins -- A convergence of science and art.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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