Found immediatly on the net... grin: In Reply to: Wood Violins & Musical notes posted by Gordon Lee Abernathy on November 14, 1999 at 14:19:48: : Howdy! : After reading a book on the secrets of the : Stradivarius, it was mentioned that : freezing was one of the by gone items. : The freezing methoid is as follows. : 1. Freeze it below "0" for two hours. : 2. Remove it so moisture beads can accumulate. : 3. Freeze it again for a day, or more. : This methoid is said to change the tone of : the wood from "C" to "B." : It is said that "B" is the best, and the tone : of a Stradivarius is in the key of "B." : Being that your freezing method is quite a : bit colder than any place on Earth, I was : hoping that maybe your method could change my : violin from the key of "C" into an "A." : As far as I know, there has never been : a violin's wooden structure found to be : in the key of "A." : My hope is to become a violin builder. If : your process can accomplish this task, then : I hope to buy one of your units. : First, I would like to have my violin : processed to see if if your method is a : dream come true. : Lee -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
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