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Violin Eupnonist.com

***David Langsather, violin maker, and acoustical researcher, some past history...

   After graduating from Oregon State University {1971} , In engineering technology, (automotive major); a few years later; I decided that I wanted to found a small car company to build: street legal, light weight sports cars, modeled after famous racing cars.
  This is the 'coming out' photo.
  Designed and built 1974 to 1978.
About 6,000 hours fabrication time and $10,000 materials cost.
   CLICK HERE is you want to listen to a YouTube slide show video with voice description, showing steps of construction.
  I think this project shows my dedication to having a complicated project, and seeing it through to completion.

   Here I am with five of the violins I had made. By the time I had made my first 23 violins (and sold about 12); I decided that I would not sell another violin until I could make fine sounding violins, every time. I did not start my serious violin interest until I was 50 years old.{now I am 76, but I only claim 48 years!}
   From then on I focused my attention specifically to acoustical research. I had read box loads of violin articles and bought many books on the subject over the years.
  I wanted to learn everything others were willing to share, and then went forward into new territory of learning. I always shared what I had learned on my free informational website: violinresearch.com [soon to be back on line.]

I based my early work on Fourier Transform Tap Tones and made sets of wood tone bars 10HZ apart, to measure each part of the violin to find the standard frequencies. The Hewitt Packard sound analyzer is in the background that was used to set my sound reference tools which are still in use today, and may help you with your acoustical adjustment needs too.