even balance weight or something

[Don]

Hi Sarah,

There is a Scientific American issue based on her work. She took the violin
as the "perfect" size and rescaled the viola, cello and bass on those
ratios. Carleen Maley Hutchins was her name.

http://www.catgutacoustical.org/people/cmh/

At 08:30 PM 4/29/2003 -0400, you wrote:
 An acoustic engineer whose name I forget took it upon herself to redesign
string instruments in the 1940's (?).  She did this by analyzing the
vibrational patterns of the various elements, the acoustics of the air
cavities, etc.  She came up with a system of probably 6 or 8 new
instruments to replace the violin, viola, cello, and bass.  These
instruments were purportedly superior to the existing ones and were
received with considerable curiosity.> 

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.

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