Cremona violins a physicist's quest for the secrets of Stradivari /

Main Author: Wali, K. C.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2010.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10422560
Table of 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.