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Instruments
Violin
Four strings · hand-carved spruce & maple
Four strings stretched across a bridge transmit vibration into a hollow spruce-and-maple box. Two hundred years of luthiery — Stradivari, Guarneri, Amati — tuned these dimensions to the human voice.
Key specifications
Strings
4 (G3, D4, A4, E5)
Body length
~356 mm
Parts
~70
Golden age
Cremona, 1650–1750
Sheet 002 · Plate 1 of 1 · 1:1 infographic
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