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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2014-10-15

"Really, violins are just a trait of human beings, just as plants have a trait." -- Daniel Chitwood, plant geneticist who studied how violin shapes changed over time, quoted in "How the Violin Got Its Shape" by Laura Geggel (published 2014-10-09)

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posted by [personal profile] selki at 03:24pm on 2014-10-18
I enjoyed the Smithsonian piano exhibit I saw years ago, that explained how differences in German and British pianos influenced the composers in those countries.
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