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Published online 29 November 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news0061127-7
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The key to Stradivari's tone
Antique violins may have been chemically tuned.
Simple pest control techniques may have given rise to the greatest violins ever made. Biochemists say the key to the instrument's sweet sounds come not only from their construction but also from chemicals used to treat wood.
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