Authentication of a Stradivarius “Petite Violin” Type from 1723 by Ion Sandu, Petru Ovidiu Tănasă, Florin Brînză, Viorica Vasilache, Ana Drob, Vasile Drobotă

“…By correlating the structural–functional dimensional data with a series of archaeometric and chemometric characteristics determined by dendrochronological analysis and by three instrumental techniques (Scanning Electronic Microscopy, coupled with Energy Dispersive X-ray, µ-FTIR Spectroscopy and Thermal Analysis in Dynamic Mode), a Stradivarius violin was authenticated as having been made by one of the two Stradivari sons (Francesco or Omobono) in 1723. …”
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Optimality of human acoustic perception of natural sounds, and violin acoustics elucidated with a non-corporeal musical instrument made by fully air-coupled finite-element-modeling... by Krishnadas, Arun

“…In the second part of this thesis, we look at music perception and build a non-corporeal instrument: a fully air-coupled finite-element-modeled Titian Stradivarius violin employing CT-scan reconstruction. The non-corporeal instrument is trained to play the first two measures of the Sonata No. 1 in G-minor, BWV 1001: II. …”
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