# The spruce grew unusually evenly, through the cold of the Maunder Minimum or selection.

> Disputed: The spruce grew unusually evenly, through the cold of the Maunder Minimum or selection.

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# The spruce grew unusually evenly, through the cold of the Maunder Minimum or selection.

The spruce grew unusually evenly, through the cold of the Maunder Minimum or selection.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** One piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Smaller early/late density contrast in Cremonese tops than in modern wood.
- Narrow, even rings in the dated series of the late 17th century.

## What would rule it out

- CT and ring-width data showing Cremonese wood no more even than contemporary non-Cremonese wood.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[Cremonese tops have a smaller early/late density difference (183 vs 274 g/l).](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/evidence/EVD0CQAGTZC2Y9G/cremonese-tops-have-a-smaller-early-late-density-difference)

Supported

FOR

[No significant difference in median density between Cremonese, other classical and modern violins.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/evidence/EVD0CQAGV763K4W/no-significant-difference-in-median-density-between)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Is there anything physically distinct about the wood and finish of Stradivari's instruments?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/questions/QST0CQAGP34147N/is-there-anything-physically-distinct-about-the-wood-and)

Most likelyStradivari and Guarneri treated their wood with mineral solutions (borax, sulphates, salt, alum, alkali),…

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