Author Dispels the Mystery Surrounding the Sound Post of the Violin in New Book
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Monday, September 14, 2020
After thirty years of thorough research, author John E. McLennan, Ph.D., has released The Sound Post in the Violin, an insightful new book dedicated to the musical instruments importance.
Key Points:
- After thirty years of thorough research, author John E. McLennan, Ph.D., has released The Sound Post in the Violin, an insightful new book dedicated to the musical instruments importance.
- Throughout the book, McLennan explores the sound post's function in maximizing the violin's body's monopole action and the sound it radiates, unlike earlier bowed string instruments that restricted this to the top plate.
- The papers attempt to quantify the function of the sound post and dispel myths of the violin's early history.
- The author will educate readers on new and factual material that addresses the best sound result and loudness for the string instrument.