Re: Violin Plate tuning using Modes

It is lots of fun.  

I don't think it is really the end all be all of violin stuff.

I sometimes check plates when something funny seems to be going on. 

My best violin I didn't feel like setting all the junk up, so I
didn't.  Worked fine.

At the present time, I concentrate on about 5 different aspects of
channeling and arching.  Graduate to a near-membrane pattern in the
top, normal pattern in the back from about 2.3 to 4.5 mm.  Adjust
thickness by a sequence of different tapping things.  I leave some
parts a little thicker.  I make some parts a bit thinner.   When I
have tested plates on the jiggle machine the patterns look great.  The
pitches are only rarely where folks say they should be.  

I like looking at the patterns.

I find banging on the plates to be much easier and much less
problemmatic.  Suppose there's an odd thing with the pattern in one
mode.  Is it important? If I take off some wood what will happen?  One
can do this all night long and never be sure that anything good is
happening!

You could visit some makers and interview them.  I have a guy here now
checking out how I do stuff and copying a couple of my molds.  Visit
if you want, east TN, SW of Knoxville.

Steve


On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 15:28:45 -0500, "Peter Gennaro"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Any violin makers here using Chladni Mode tuning as laid out by Carleen
>Hutchins?
>
>Just curious, I was thinking of trying it. So far I've just used thickness
>patterns taken off existing instruments.
>
>I've read that some makers swear by it, while others have tried it but then
>gave it up in favor of stock thickness patterns.
>