Marco Stradivarius used wood from 250 years old trees those trees are long gone and now under pressure luthiers are using 60 to 80 year old trees. There's an old saying that trees struck by lightning are good for making musical instruments because the resin has been dried out. I myself made a violin made of aluminium metal not the aluminium foil glued onto wood . At that time I was 15 and my violin won prizes for my school.
Well, not meaning to be unkind but there was practically NIL discussion of the "role of f-holes." What would be REALLY interesting would be to craft tops with different sized and shaped f-holes and then record and perhaps frequency analyze the results.
Marco Stradivarius used wood from 250 years old trees those trees are long gone and now under pressure luthiers are using 60 to 80 year old trees. There's an old saying that trees struck by lightning are good for making musical instruments because the resin has been dried out. I myself made a violin made of aluminium metal not the aluminium foil glued onto wood . At that time I was 15 and my violin won prizes for my school.
Well, not meaning to be unkind but there was practically NIL discussion of the "role of f-holes." What would be REALLY interesting would be to craft tops with different sized and shaped f-holes and then record and perhaps frequency analyze the results.
Thanks for your feedback! I understand your point about the role of f-holes. Stay tuned, and thanks again for the suggestion!