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Wood used by Stradivari and Guarneri

Joseph Nagyvary, Joseph A. DiVerdi, Noel L. Owen et al., 2006. Nature 444, 565.

Spectroscopic evidence that the maple of Stradivari and Guarneri instruments was chemically degraded beyond natural ageing.

MYS0CQAGHPG1DX9 · mystery · click to copyMStradivari "secret"Articledoi: 10.1038/444565aChecked against the original0

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The first modern chemical evidence for treatment.

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Nagyvary, J., DiVerdi, J. A., Owen, N. L., & Tolley, H. D. (2006). Wood used by Stradivari and Guarneri. Nature 444, 565. https://doi.org/10.1038/444565a
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