Abstract
Studies of the resonances of free violin plates indicate that changes in the moisture content of the wood can affect the amplitude and other characteristics of the so-called “main tap tone resonance” to a greater or lesser degree, depending on the fine tuning built into the wood of each plate. This fine tuning is predicated on the hypothesis that a violin plate consists of two vibrating areas, coupled in the free back by the wood between the c bouts, and in the top by the bass bar and the wood between the f holes. Tests show that a “well-tuned” plate is much less affected by the addition of one gram of moisture than is a “poorly tuned” one. A possible explanation is offered for the widely known fact that some violins are far more susceptible to moisture changes than others. [Work supported by The Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music, The American Philosophical Society, and C. M. H.]
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