Reconstructing Lost Instruments: Praetorius’s <em>Syntagma musicum</em> and the Violin Family <em>c.</em> 1619 by Matthew Zeller

“…Michael Praetorius’s De organographia and Theatrum instrumentorum provide valuable clues that contribute to a new understanding of the violin family c. 1619, many surviving examples of which are reduced in size from their sixteenth- and seventeenth-century dimensions. …”
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Wood densitometry in 17th and 18th century Dutch, German, Austrian and French violins, compared to classical Cremonese and modern violins. by Berend C Stoel, Terry M Borman, Ronald de Jongh

“…In an attempt to discern whether the above conjecture is true, we analyzed 17 modern and classical Dutch, German, Austrian and French violins by wood densitometry using computed tomography and correlated these results with our previous study of modern and Cremonese violins; in all studying 30 instruments of the violin family. In order to make this comparison possible we developed methods to cross calibrate results from different CT manufacturers using calibration wood pieces. …”
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Imitation, genetic lineages, and time influenced the morphological evolution of the violin. by Daniel H Chitwood

“…Here, I provide an analysis of morphological evolution in the violin family, sampling the body shapes of over 9,000 instruments over 400 years of history. …”
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RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR OF CURLYMAPLE WOOD (ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS) USED FOR BACK SIDE OF VIOLIN by Mariana Domnica STANCIU, Ioan CURTU, Eugen MOIȘAN, Dorin MAN, Adriana SAVIN, Gabriel DOBRESCU

“…Maple wood (Acer Pseudoplatanus) for musical instruments is used to getting back plates and sides for string instruments (violin family). This species of wood is valued for both acoustic qualities but mostly for aesthetic, using a natural defect of maple wood characterized by wavy grain. …”
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Stiffening Cello Bridges with Design by Laura Lodetti, Sebastian Gonzalez, Fabio Antonacci, Augusto Sarti

“…In instruments of the violin family, the bridge is the part in charge of transferring the vibrational energy of the strings into the body and therefore contributes greatly to the sound of the instrument. …”
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Acoustic function of sound hole design in musical instruments by Tavakoli Nia, Hadi

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Probabilistic characterization and synthesis of complex driven systems by Schoner, Bernd, 1969-

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A methodology for investigation of bowed string performance through measurement of violin bowing technique by Young, Diana S. (Diana Santos), 1975-

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