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Glossary

Texts, pictures and animation: Dr. Rudolf Hopfner

The inside of a violin

Micro CT Scan of the Violin Antonio Stradivari, Cremona 1694, "ex Benecke", collection of historical string instruments of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank.

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