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Photos taken inside musical instruments

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Re: Photos taken inside musical instruments

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Post by hinkley »

0_____0 wrote: post #21
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…

Sounds plausible, do you have a telephoto and a string instrument (or friends who own the aforementioned)?

I’m not sure I have the patience to try to thread a long wire in and then back out again. Ten years ago I might have tried.

Re: Photos taken inside musical instruments

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Post by hermitcrab »

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...

As the son of a mariner who was born a few miles from HSM Victory, I feel honour bond to point out that HMS Victory is not techically a galleon.

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Post by fatboy »

ubj wrote: post #11

Beautiful photos! I'd love to see a concert hall designed to look like something from this gallery.

I remember around 25 years ago being in the big music hall in Philadelphia and feeling a bit like I was inside a giant cello.

The cheapest seats were in the coolest place architecturally because you were right up at the back, closest to the ceiling, which really was a bit like in these instrument photos.

Some pictures here from a quick search: https://voithandmactavish.com/projects/the-kimmel-center/

Re: Photos taken inside musical instruments

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Post by ErigmolCt »

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…

The challenge would probably be stability and alignment

Re: Photos taken inside musical instruments

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Post by HarHarVeryFunny »

It's interesting how irregular the inside of the violins are - patches, struts, asymmetries, differing textures, etc. I guess these all contribute to the normal violin sound, but it makes me wonder if a perfectly symmetrical interior (& exterior - anything contributing to resonances) wouldn't sound better?
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