Michael McMorris

1) the master violin makers did nothing arbitrarily or accidentally,100% agree.
2) the orange thing was very clever.
3) the area between the upper half of the f holes, above where the bridge sits, is vitally important. If the sound post is the soul of the violin, this area is the tongue. Look and see.

Commented on: 18 December 2017

Tracing the development of violin f-hole design through peeling an orange