# Wood and varnish micro-samples from Stradivari and Guarneri instruments

> Wood and varnish micro-samples from Stradivari and Guarneri instruments

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/artifacts/ART0CQAH21Y1JK4/wood-and-varnish-micro-samples-from-stradivari-and-guarneri  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

---

[Mysteries](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries)[Stradivari "secret"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret)[Artifacts](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret#artifacts)Wood and varnish micro-samples from Stradivari and Guarneri instruments

**ART** 0CQAH21Y1JK4·Artifact · sample

# Wood and varnish micro-samples from Stradivari and Guarneri instruments

SampleCC BY (PLOS ONE)Analyses published 2006–2022

[Cite]

**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004245).

Nagyvary and colleagues, 2006. CC BY (PLOS ONE)

## Copies 3

**Document** Nagyvary and colleagues · doi.org · 2009 · CC BY (PLOS ONE)Primary source: [Mineral Preservatives in the Wood of Stradivari and Guarneri](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQAGE945BGR/mineral-preservatives-in-the-wood-of-stradivari-and-guarneri)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004245)

**Document** Tai and colleagues · doi.org · 2017 · publisherPrimary source: [Chemical distinctions between Stradivari's maple and modern tonewood](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQAGDHP4RVE/chemical-distinctions-between-stradivaris-maple-and-modern)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1611253114)

**Document** Echard and colleagues · doi.org · 2010 · publisherPrimary source: [The Nature of the Extraordinary Finish of Stradivari's Instruments](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQAGEGY6T92/the-nature-of-the-extraordinary-finish-of-stradivaris)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200905131)

## Where it was made

[Cremona](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CQAGHYA1J6S/cremona) · City

## Sources 1

- [Materials Engineering of Violin Soundboards by Stradivari and Guarneri](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQAGDSG1YB4/materials-engineering-of-violin-soundboards-by-stradivari)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). Wood and varnish micro-samples from Stradivari and Guarneri instruments [Artifact ART0CQAH21Y1JK4]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CQAH21Y1JK4
```

Key

**ART** 0CQAH21Y1JK4

Kind

Sample

Held by

The research teams of the cited studies

Dated

analyses published 2006–2022

Licence

CC BY (PLOS ONE)

Place

[Cremona](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CQAGHYA1J6S/cremona)

Part of

[Stradivari "secret"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret)

The record

Every record is open data. Take this one as JSON, with its links and its history.

[JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/api/v1/records/ART0CQAH21Y1JK4)