Mineral Preservatives in the Wood of Stradivari and Guarneri

Joseph Nagyvary, Renald N. Guillemette, Clifford H. Spiegelman, 2009. PLoS ONE 4, e4245.

Electron microprobe and X-ray fluorescence of wood ash from two Stradivari and two Guarneri instruments, finding compounds absent from natural wood such as barium sulphate, calcium fluoride, borate and zirconium silicate.

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Cited for the mineral evidence and its limits (small samples).

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Nagyvary, J., Guillemette, R. N., & Spiegelman, C. H. (2009). Mineral Preservatives in the Wood of Stradivari and Guarneri. PLoS ONE 4, e4245. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004245

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Nagyvary, Joseph et al.. “Mineral Preservatives in the Wood of Stradivari and Guarneri.” PLoS ONE 4, e4245 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004245.