# Burckle 2003: Stradivari, violins, tree rings, and the Maunder Minimum: a hypothesis

> L. Burckle, H. D. Grissino-Mayer, 2003. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The climate hypothesis for the wood.

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# Stradivari, violins, tree rings, and the Maunder Minimum: a hypothesis

L. Burckle, H. D. Grissino-Mayer, 2003. _Dendrochronologia 21, 41–45_.

Proposes that slow, even growth of Alpine spruce in the cold Maunder Minimum gave Cremonese makers unusually uniform wood.

**Stradivari "secret"** Articledoi: **[10.1078/1125-7865-00033](https://doi.org/10.1078/1125-7865-00033)** Checked against the original0

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The climate hypothesis for the wood.

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[The spruce grew unusually evenly, through the cold of the Maunder Minimum or selection.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/answers/ANS0CQAGTQJ4PKN/the-spruce-grew-unusually-evenly-through-the-cold-of-the)

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Burckle, L., & Grissino-Mayer, H. D. (2003). Stradivari, violins, tree rings, and the Maunder Minimum: a hypothesis. Dendrochronologia 21, 41–45. https://doi.org/10.1078/1125-7865-00033
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