Cremona violins : a physicist's quest for the secrets of Stradivari / Kameshwar C. Wali.
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TextPublication details: Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2010.Description: xv, 157 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. + 1 videodisc (DVD : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.)ISBN: - 9789812791108 (pbk.)
- 787.2/1945271 22
- ML830.8.C74 W35 2010
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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.
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