Some Misconceptions about the Baroque Violin

Much has been written about the baroque violin, yet many misconceptions remain most notably that up to around 1750 their necks were universally shorter and not angled back as they are today, that the string angle over the bridge was considerably flatter, and that strings were of narrower gauge and under lower tension. 1 other fittings preserved in the Museo Stradivariano in Cremona provide a wealth of data that refine our understanding of how violins, violas, and cellos were constructed between 1666of activity). String tension measurements made in 1734 by Giuseppe Tartini provide additional insight into the string diameters used at this time

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