Resonance wood is the appropriate wood for making parts vibrated in musical instruments, especially the violin. It is usually made from rare epiceas for their exceptional growth in both duration and regularity.
It is the basis of the profession of a few specialists called resonance wood merchants, able to build on the quality of a tree according to its appearance and location.
The presence of branch nodes is incompatible with the requirements of the wood of resonance, the trees that are formed grow surrounded by others that limit the growth of the branches without preventing them from growing.
The structure of resonance wood is characterized by:
In the particular violin where he is subjected to very strong tensions, the wood of resonance must satisfy the conflicting demands of lightness and resistance. Notes and edit the code
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