News tagged with stradivarius

Japan scientist makes violin strings from spider silk

A Japanese scientist said he has made violin strings out of spider silk and claims that -- in the right hands -- they produce a beautiful sound.

Chemistry / Polymers

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 13

Secrets Of Stradivarius' unique violin sound revealed, prof says

For centuries, violin makers have tried and failed to reproduce the pristine sound of Stradivarius and Guarneri violins, but after 33 years of work put into the project, a Texas A&M University professor is ...

Chemistry /

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (11) | comments 5

Carbon copying the 'Stradivarius' sound

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's every violinmaker's dream to produce an instrument to rival the sound of a Stradivarius but now researchers at The University of Nottingham are trying to do just that… using acoustic physics and carbon ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 4

'Biotech violin' outdoes Stradivarius

At the 27th "Osnabrücker Baumpflegetagen," one of Germany’s most important annual conferences on all aspects of forest husbandry, Empa researcher Francis Schwarze’s "biotech violin" dared to go head to he ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 6

On the road to creating an affordable master instrument

Violins made of wood treated with fungus need not hide their lights when compared to a Stradivarius, as a blind test has already demonstrated. However, these tonal masterpieces are only available as individually-made ...

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0