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Making precise measurements
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How to make a violin: in pictures
2. Making precise measurements
The measurements are made, taking inspiration from past masters. Antoni Ruschil adds: "These guys were clever and drew on the beautiful principles of geometry, mathematics, physics and aesthetics... So perfect are these designs and ratios that I am still using them 450 years later". Picture: Antoni Ruschil
