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The O-Fiddle

Materials:

Back: Plain Maple
Top: Italian Spruce
Neck: Plain Maple

Finish:

Textured oil varnish

Dimensions:

Body length: 418 (16.5 -“) Bouts: 196, 137, 242 Ribs: 35 at top block, 38 at lower String length: 379 Stop: 224

Notes:

This is one of a pair of violins, the X and O-fiddles, that are part of an investigation into the effects, if any, of plate thicknessing patterns on the tone of violins.