# Nagyvary 2006: Wood used by Stradivari and Guarneri

> Joseph Nagyvary, Joseph A. DiVerdi, Noel L. Owen et al., 2006. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The first modern chemical evidence for treatment.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQAGE1A7FJJ/wood-used-by-stradivari-and-guarneri  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

---

[Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Stradivari "secret"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret)Nagyvary 2006

**0**

# 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.

**Stradivari "secret"** Articledoi: **[10.1038/444565a](https://doi.org/10.1038/444565a)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The first modern chemical evidence for treatment.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[Joseph Nagyvary](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/people/FIG0CQAGK5C5Z3W/joseph-nagyvary)

FIG

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

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
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
```

[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1038/444565a)

Key

**SRC** 0CQAGE1A7FJJ

Kind

Journal article

Rights

The publisher's

Kept

27 Oct 2026, for editors

Checked

Against the published article

Added by

[apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)

The record

Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS.

[CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQAGE1A7FJJ/wood-used-by-stradivari-and-guarneri/csl.json)