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The Nature of the Extraordinary Finish of Stradivari's Instruments

Jean-Philippe Echard, Loïc Bertrand, Alex von Bohlen et al., 2010. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 49, 197–201.

Study of micro-samples from five Stradivari instruments (four violins and a viola d'amore): a penetrating drying-oil base layer and an upper layer of oil, pine resin and common red pigments, with no mineral ground layer.

MYS0CQAGHPG1DX9 · mystery · click to copyMStradivari "secret"ArticleCopy of Wood and varnish micro-samples from Stradivari and Guarneri instrumentsdoi: 10.1002/anie.200905131Checked against the original0

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The main evidence that the varnish is made of ordinary period materials.

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Echard, J. P., Bertrand, L., von Bohlen, A., Le Hô, A. S., Paris, C., Bellot-Gurlet, L., Soulier, B., Lattuati-Derieux, A., Thao, S., Robinet, L., Lavédrine, B., & Vaiedelich, S. (2010). The Nature of the Extraordinary Finish of Stradivari's Instruments. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 49, 197–201. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200905131
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