VIOLIN RESEARCH,

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18897, 20 December 1924, Page 16

VIOLIN RESEARCH,

A BRIEF OUTLINE.

INSTRUMENTS PAST AND PRESENT.

What a soul-stirring wonderful instrument is a violin made in tho manner of tho old masters. Violin construction reached its zenith during tho lifetime of Stiadavarius and Jos Guarnorius, and it is passing strango that they left no drawings, especially when we know that tho sun of violin design sank from sight with the death of these famous contemporaries. Up to tho present timo those who have followed in the wake of tho old masters were and are merely copyists.

A search of history makes it very evident that a systematic attempt was made to destroy ail traces of tho laws used by the masters, but, fortunately, their violins were not destroyed, tho wreckers apparently believing the secret of construction would remain a mystery. Therein they "imagined a vain thing." We fortunately have in Auckland Mr. G. Nicoll, a master violin craftsman, who has, by treating a master violin as the answer to a sum, by deduction worked tho sum j backwards, and after 15 years of strenu- | ous research reconstructed tho wrecked | Pole and Polar law of Euclid, a two- ! dimension law dealing with the generation and absorption of vibrations by matter in unstable equilibrium. Sound, being tho audible phenomena of a type of secondary vibrations, Gasparo da Salo, the father of violin makers, applied tho principles of this law and constructed tl first primij tive scientific sound box called a violin. I Mr. G. Nicoll has designed his violins on the Polo and Polar law which is _ inciJ dentally a fundamental law of relativity, | ,ind the results are apparent ir- his remarkj able-toned master violins. The marked superiority of these violins has been recog- | nised by world-known artist;-. M. ZaehI arewitsch and Signor Cimara were de- | lighted with the "pure Italian tone," a ! compliment not enjoyed by many, not only in New Zealand, but in any part of the world. A fact that should not bo lost sight of by buyers looking for tho best violin procurable at a reasonable price is j that the number of professional musicians | in Auckla'nd playing on Nicoll violins is I greater than the number using instruments jby any other maker. Mr. Nicoll will bo I pleased to show his drawings to scientists | and prospective buyers. 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