Constitution, Bill of Rights. The "King" cello, made by Andrea Amati circa The most perfect f hole? The 'Messiah' Stradivarius, circa The 'Wieniawski' Guarnerius del Gesu Violin, circa Cellist Julia Bruskin, Vuillaume Cello, circa The 'Wieniawski' Guarnerius del Gesu Violin, circa 1.
The Savart violin is trapezoidal, with little soundboard curvature and two long, narrow slots serving as soundholes, rather than f-holes. Purists will, of course, turn their noses up at such abominations on sight. I was wondering. Dear Sirs, the proto describing the shape of f-holes among the centuries maybe it is not accirate. We have an a fresco dated in Bassano del Grappa, VI Italy, showing a portrait of a court player holding a viella with the f-holes perfectly designed.
I can attach the picture of this once I get a valid email address. Holes in a spruce soundboard will leave edges of wood exposed and unsupported. These areas will be vulnerable because if the wood develops tensions over time i. Also, these edges will naturally dry out faster than the rest of the board, causing extra shrinkage around the hole. It will be much safer to cut the ending in the shape of a soft curve, especially when it spirally winds back into its own curl.
Then why change the C-hole to an f-shape? In organising space, especially on the small box that is the violin, the f-hole — gently following the outer curve of the soundboard — is simply the better solution. Why a violin would have to be so narrow at the waist is, of course, another question…. I would think it would be necessary with the fairly low bridge of Baroque instruments in order to allow clean bow access to the strings. What other ideas do you have?
The entire top vibrates and creates the air movement that is the sound. All of the construction techniques are designed to optimize and control how the top vibrates to give the best tone and volume.
The vent size and shape help focus the air resistance inside. They provide a more focused area of top vibration which improves volume and expression. Victor Martin hits the nail on the head… and the perspective from Ronald Veerman was very eye-opening to me. I thought MIT had a reputation for having some of the best brains in the world.
A bit late on this post, but worthy I believe… the world-class violin luthier Sam Zygmuntowicz has done an extensive research on how the shape of the violin affects the sound, feeding Stradivarius and Guarneri violins through the MRI machine and using other scientific measurements and 3D simulations, documented and published in his research Strad3D. You can SEE how the sound is produced!
Otherwise, the pressure in the cabinet would exert force on the loudspeaker and change its response. Otherwise, loudspeakers are driven by amplifiers which take care of the desired volume without having to resort to passive means like soundboxes. The old fashioned history books make everything look as if it originated in the West and yet there was a time when the East was more advanced in many areas.
Whilst it makes acoustic sense, the study suggests that the shape may not have been by design but in part an accident. Essentially; the elongation of the sound holes may have just been defects in each instrument as craftsmen tried to replicate earlier designs that they found preferable. But they definitely knew what was a better instrument to replicate. In a time before electric amplification acoustic resonance was incredibly important.
Particularly as music grew in popularity and cultural significance, the ability to play to larger audiences was sought after.
The study was undertaken with analysis of instruments made between and to examine the advancement and differences in sound holes that led to the famed f-hole shape we synonymise with violins today. Use the new Spotify podcast recommendation game to Find The One.
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Choosing an Instrument Choosing a violin Other points to check Choosing a bow Choosing a shoulder rest Choosing strings. Care and Maintenance Daily care and maintenance Changing the strings Occasional maintenance Bow maintenance.
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