Violin Forum/Message Board

[Catgut]

I read somewhere that thicknessing to the density of the wood is one of the tricks of getting a better tone.
In other words, arch the top, plane down to within a few mm and plane to match the translucence of the thinnest area and adjust for final thickness.
Any comments on this?

[Michael Darnton]

Some people do this. I am not particularly convinced, but I don't think it hurts anything.
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[Catgut]

I think it'd be kind of interesting to see a cladny plate experiment done. See what pattern a top produces thicknessed evenly compared to density.
the violins been around for centuries I'm sure the experiments been done I just don't know where to find the results.

[Chet Bishop]

If opacity only varied with density it might be a good idea-- but opacity varies with a lot of other factors, too, such as color.
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