Antonio Stradivari was undoubtedly aware of it 300 years ago, and the science behind it was scrutinised and written up at length by Carleen Hutchins in the 1950s. The idea that the shape and thickness of a violin’s top and back plates can affect its sound is nothing new. The September 2021 digital magazine and print edition are on sale now To read it in full, click here to subscribe and login.
The following extract is from The Strad’s September 2021 issue feature ‘Violin Making and AI: Intelligent Design’. The computer screen shows a height map of the 1716 ‘Messiah’ Stradivari violin, taken from a 3D scan (left) and an X-ray of the ribs of the 1718 ‘San Lorenzo’ Stradivari (right)
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