While examining the outlines of violins, Chitwood also found that using his analysis, the shape of a viola is indistinguishable from that of a violin about 63 percent of the time.

The elegant shape of the violin evolved over a period of 400 years, largely due to the influence of four prominent families of instrument makers, a new study finds. Stradivari, one of history's most ...

The historical drawing attributed to the workshop of Enrico Ceruti that inspired the outline parameterization (a) and the geometric modeling adopted in the work (b).

This violin was made in Klingenthal, Germany around 1880. This commercial violin bears a square arching and outline typically seen in Klingenthal trade instruments of the late 19th century branded ...

Hermann Bischofberger would hold up the violins, one after the other, pluck their strings, turn them over and trace their outline. He was a violin maker, and his love for the instruments was visible.

How to predict the sound produced by a tonewood block once carved into the shape of a violin plate? What is the best shape for the best sound? Artificial Intelligence offer answers to these questions.