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Mat Roop Senior Member
Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 911 Location: Wyoming Ontario
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Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2019 4:37 pm Post subject: volume of a violin |
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Just curious to know...
what is the volume of standard violin? ... Easy to measure... just tape down one f-hole and fill with water.... drain and measure!
But before I traumatize a violin, has anyone measured or calculated it?
Thanks & Cheers! ... Mat |
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L P Reedy Super Member
Joined: 02 Apr 2009 Posts: 276 Location: Brevard, NC
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Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2019 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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First, you have to define "standard violin." I have no idea what that would be, but from experience and reading I don't think volume per se is an important specification. |
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kubasa Member
Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Posts: 212
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Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2019 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Mat,
I remember reading somewhere that someone did measure the volume of an "average" violin. I don't remember where I read about this experiment so that is of no help to you but if I happen to remember, I will post it. It seems to me that when I read about this, it also involved an experiment with an "ergonomic" violin (or maybe it was a viola??) but I tend to cross wires and confuse things easily!
James |
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JG Junior Member
Joined: 06 Mar 2014 Posts: 23 Location: Vancouver
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Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2019 5:31 pm Post subject: Re: volume of a violin |
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Mat Roop wrote: | Easy to measure... just tape down one f-hole and fill with water.... drain and measure!
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I do remember a guitar builder filling a guitar with rice for the same purpose. Probably safer than using water, let alone beer. |
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Mat Roop Senior Member
Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 911 Location: Wyoming Ontario
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Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks everyone... It was just one of those curiosity questions that popped into my head.
What I was thinking about at the time was community project to engage elementary and secondary school students with the thought of creating a string orchestra using instruments that they have built themselves from materials they could find at home or scavenged from whereever.
.. Not sure where this will lead ... maybe nowhere, but who knows:)
... Bu I do like the rice idea, or maybe sand would be cheaoer if measuring a bass or cello:)
Cheers... Mat |
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Mat Roop Senior Member
Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 911 Location: Wyoming Ontario
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