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Came across an interesting website on lutherie by Liutaio Mattola. He has a section on luthiery myths and science. He had some interesting ideas on older instruments and sound. His articles are very dense and wordy and not for the feint of heart, but there is good stuff in there for the serious luthier.
One of his ideas is that old instruments sound good because it is like a Darwinian selection process of survival of the fittest: A lot of old instruments sound good because they always sounded good and the bad sounding instruments didn't survive to be old but went by the wayside. Interesting stuff.
https://www.liutaiomottola.com/myth.htm
One of his ideas is that old instruments sound good because it is like a Darwinian selection process of survival of the fittest: A lot of old instruments sound good because they always sounded good and the bad sounding instruments didn't survive to be old but went by the wayside. Interesting stuff.
https://www.liutaiomottola.com/myth.htm