Photos taken inside musical instruments

Post by 0_____0 » Sat, May 31, 2025, 12:16 AM UTC

hinkley wrote: post #9

I wonder if he would have been better off making a device to hold a small mirror steady and used a telephoto lens pointed at it from one of the f holes. It says he had a 5 mm hole to work with. That would pass an 8 gauge wire with plenty of room to maneuver. Mount a mirror to the end, thread a two or three foot wire through the hole from the inside out, clamp it to a surface the instrument is sitting in to keep it fr…

Post by susam » Sat, May 31, 2025, 2:29 AM UTC

ctxc wrote: post #22

susam wrote: post #7

A little game for all of you: On Firefox or Chrome, go to Developer Tools (F12) > Console and execute: document.querySelectorAll('p').forEach(e => e.style.opacity = 0) Now without the text visible anymore, try and guess which musical instrument each picture represents. Then reload the page, enjoy the article, and check how many you got right. What's your score out of 8? I scored 5.

Did you get the viola/violin/bass right?

Post by analog31 » Sat, May 31, 2025, 3:03 AM UTC

hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #15

rwmj wrote: post #5

The violins looks like the lower deck of a galleon. cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Victory#/media/File:Victor...

It's cool to see how much the older double bass and violin have been repaired. Those square/flat pyramid pieces of wood are cleats, which were added by a luthier to repair and secure cracks.

Post by platevoltage » Sat, May 31, 2025, 5:27 AM UTC

sandspar wrote: post #3

Sometimes it must be quite fun to be a bug.

Post by 2248250 » Sat, May 31, 2025, 6:27 AM UTC