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Dendrochronology and Wood Resources for Authentic, Historical Period Musical Instruments

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Dendrochronological analysis is a relatively new tool for dating old historical musical instruments. The process of dating musical instruments is based on the comparison between the ring width series seen on the top of the string instrument and compared to the existing master chronology. Norway spruce (Picea abies) used for the top of string instruments is an excellent species for dendrochronological applications because of its characteristic anatomic structure with annual rings well defined. The sequence of annual tree ring width is superimposed exactly with the calendar year. Dating procedures for string instruments from the violin family have been developed based on spruce master chronology for specific sites. Site chronology which reflect local growth conditions may allow timber identification and consequently the dendrochronological approach can prove the origin of wood used for the top of musical instruments. An adequate number of annual rings should be measured, currently 50-70 annual rings. Statistical procedures will demonstrate the validity of measured data based on cross dating procedures. It is generally accepted that a new instrument can be made from an old piece of wood. Dendrochronology gives no information about the date of manufacturing of the instrument. It was possible to establish the “terminus post quem” data for each instrument analysed. Dendrochronological data proved that the time of natural drying was on average 11 years in the 18th century, 51years in 19th century and 74 years in the 20th century. The Baroque instruments were never built with very old wood.

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Appendix: List of Instruments from the Cherubini Conservatory in Florence

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Table 14.13 List of the instruments from the collection of Cherubini conservatory in Florence analysed by Bernabei et al. (2010)
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Bucur, V. (2016). Dendrochronology and Wood Resources for Authentic, Historical Period Musical Instruments. In: Handbook of Materials for String Musical Instruments. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32080-9_14

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