One note. The spruce shivers.
The speaker plays 352 Hz under the closed body. Sand runs off every part of the top that moves.
Every body Maren closes is tested on this bench over a speaker, sand on its top. She thinned each plate until the sand drew the figures she wanted. Here she hears them again before a string goes on.
Violin no. 41 was tuned to these 3 notes. Press one to see its figure.
The speaker plays 352 Hz under the closed body. Sand runs off every part of the top that moves.
That line is the figure. Thin a plate in one place and the line moves, so Maren scrapes each top loose on the bench until the line lands where she wants it. Only then is the body glued shut.
Turn the dial yourselfSanding the bench: 4,800 grains on a spruce top.
The speaker plays whatever the dial says. Off a resonance the plate barely moves and the sand waits. On one, it runs to that note's nodal lines.
On the bench: Violin no. 44, top plate, 2.9 mm and still being thinned.
Each top was tuned to 3 notes before the body was closed. Press one to put that plate on the bench and see its own figure.
Played by a student now in her first year at conservatoire.
Top plate tuned to
Back plate: 104, 180 and 372 Hz.
Played in a string quartet, and by its owner's pupils on Saturdays.
Top plate tuned to
Back plate: 90, 158 and 326 Hz.
Played by a teacher who sends her best students to the maker.
Top plate tuned to
Back plate: 110, 186 and 380 Hz.
Maren makes 9 instruments a year, one at a time. Join today and your top plate goes on this bench in about 2 years.