Playing-in technique for violin - uses electrically generated sound to resonate body of new violin held by damper blocks in acoustic chamber

摘要

The procedure is used for playing-in a stringed instrument includes making the body of the instrument resonate in the range of frequencies in which the instrument will be played. The instrument is wedged into a rigid frame using damping blocks, and the bridge of the instrument is attached to the moving part of an electro-magnetic transducer, pref. a loudspeaker. Frequencies within the appropriate range are then applied to the transducer with controllable power amplification. A set rate at which the power may be increased is layed down increasing gradually during the days of playing - in. The sounds may come from reproduction equipment playing a recorded piece of music such as that to be played subsequently on the instrument.