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‘A perfect mind obsessed with understanding the quality of violins’: a tribute to George Stoppani

2025-01-08T09:11:00Z

The Strad’s lutherie consultant Philip Ihle recalls the analytical methods of his friend and colleague, who died on 25 December 2024
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Raising the bar: Bass-bar experiments

2024-07-16T07:05:00Z

Joseph Curtin reports on a series of experiments at the 2023 Oberlin Acoustics Workshop, which attempted to ascertain the acoustic effects of altering the height and scoop of the violin’s bass-bar

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‘A perfect mind obsessed with understanding the quality of violins’: a tribute to George Stoppani

Raising the bar: Bass-bar experiments