The Cozio Carteggio
The Cozio Carteggio takes its name from Count Cozio’s notebooks, which form the first historical record of fine instruments and their makers. Each week, the Carteggio publishes features about the string world. They include expert commentary on historic instruments and bows, interviews with leading musicians and analysis of the string market. The articles are curated by Tarisio's founder, expert and director, Jason Price and feature the frequent participation of Carlo Chiesa, John Dilworth, Philip J. Kass, Dmitry Gindin, Pierre Guillaume, Paul Childs, Alessandra Barabaschi and other experts.
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Mapping the flame: creating software to determine the direction of maple curl on one and two-piece violin backs
In part one of a two part Carteggio, computer scientist Pierre Adda built software to classify the direction and orientation of flame on the instruments of the Cozio archive.
By Pierre AddaViolin backs are typically made of maple that has distinctive horizontal stripes called flame. The flame, also known as curl or figure, is caused by the reflection of light at different angles that creates a pleasing visual effect of rolling waves. Violin makers can orient the flame in different configurations depending on the constraints of […]
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