Cremona violins
Subtitle: a physicist's quest for the secrets of Stradivari
By: Kameshwar C. Wali
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hackensack, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9789812791092; 9789812791108
Notes: Accompanying DVD-ROM contains video discussion of violin making and a demonstration of a Fry violin.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-153) and index.
Table of contents: title: Luigi Tarisio and the violins of Cremona; title: The rise and fall of the Cremonese art of violin making : Antonio Stradivari (1644c-1737); title: The anatomy of a violin and the mechanism of sound production; title: Some historical notes on violin research over centuries; title: William F. Fry and his quest for the secrets of Cremona violins; title: William F. Fry and his quest for the secrets of Cremona violins (continued); title: Myth & reality of Cremona violins ; Fry's violins; title: A convergence of science and art.