Show why and where the tone of violin Is produced this Is roughly what happens to the sound when a violinist iol inist Is on a strad or similar instrument the string vibrates and sets the bridge in motion vibrations are carried through the instrument to tile the back by means of the post emerging at the bade back they flash out to the sides because the grain or of the wood goes away from the center to tile the sides and vibrations must follow the llie g grain the grain on tile the sides Is absolutely vertical so that the sound Is carided can led on to the front of the instrument technically called tile the belly the grain on the belly runs donn clovin the violin from the top to the bottom but it Is cut through by those curiously shaped holes rather like the letter t f it Is here that each vibration runs along the slant of the ts at tile curly end of which it flicks away as at the end of a whiplash and that says an authority Is biby those holes are there and not just as air vents as a some people will tell you nor just to look pretty the whole idea Is to insure one way tr allic of vibrations waldi Is why the violinist can control tha vibrations so perfectly with ills his bow the back of the instrument with its divergent grain is usually made of 0 some kind of sycamore or maple while the belly Is nearly always of pine tit bits magazine |