Silver Linings

Love God. Play music. Write stories. Make art. Live life. Be happy.

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big fan of romance horror. big fan of terrible people still being loved. big fan of bending morality and turning the grotesque into something beautiful.

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decided to try out a more realistic art style! my headcanon face claim for Aiko is Tingting and i'm NOT gonna be convinced otherwise

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#spiritual successor is people being like why didnt you read my pinned before you reblogged!!!#dude i am not. i am not vetting every blog#i am here to backread for 45mins and rb 30 posts in a row and disappear#tumblr life

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Hey ! I love your blog so much and I have a question. I am curious to know what type of wood is used to make violins and what are the reasons behind using a certain type of wood. Thanks for your answer and good luck 💕✨️

hi thank you! <33

violins specifically have a tradition of being made out of maple with a spruce top. spruce soundboards are pretty standard across most stringed instruments for acoustic reasons, so while maple may be substituted for another wood, the spruce top is almost always a constant. the look of the wood and the acoustic qualities are equally important for selling violins, so the standard choice of wood that balances both would be norway spruce and norway maple. (species, not location)

maple in general is known to have a distinct figure to the wood that violin makers call “flamed,” which, when quarter sawn, looks like iridescent stripes that are made more vibrant with translucent varnishes. norway maple is known to have this figuring as well as the most desirable acoustic qualities for classical violin standards. (violas, cellos, and basses are less standard than violins are, and may substitute other woods like beech, poplar, or willow for backs, and plywood for basses.)

as for the spruce, the ideal is a relatively tight grain with little discoloration in the growth rings. having between 5-10 growth rings per cm ish can usually guarantee that the arched top of the violin will be able to withstand the pressure of the strings while also vibrating well if, made correctly. this means the tree must be allowed to age and the wood used should be from closer to the center of the tree, where the rings are tightest. the minerals in the groundwater can also cause discoloration in the wood, which has little to do with sound but could make the instrument harder to sell.

the best tonewood is harvested at the new moon iirc, from areas where they receive balanced sunlight on all sides and the trees are close enough together that they are forced into growing straight up without forming branches until the canopy. this means that any tree cut down has an effect on the quality of the wood surrounding it, so harvesters are very mindful about when and where they cut trees in any given forest.

this is all i can think of off the top of my head without getting into the exotic woods for fittings, but yeah! hope this satisfied your curiosity!

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