Columbia U. Researcher Links Climate to the Quality of the World'sMost Cherished Violins (Forwarded)

Columbia University Researcher Links Climate to the Quality of the
World's Most Cherished Violins

There has been considerable debate surrounding the reasons why
instruments crafted in the late 17th and early 18th centuries are
tonally superior to modern instruments. Theories range from the
skill of the craftsman to secret techniques such as a special
varnish, the drying of the wood, the storage time, or even the use
of old wood from historic structures. Lloyd Burckle of the
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, and Henri
Grissino-Mayer of the Laboratory of Tree Ring Science, University of
Tennessee, have proposed an alternate hypothesis -- climate. Their
research was published in the journal Dendrochronologia.

Interesting. On astro-ph this morning, there was the following e-print

Title: Influence of Solar Activity on State of Wheat Market in Medieval England
Authors: Lev A. Pustilnik and Gregory Yom Din
Comments: 17 pages, 9 figures, 1 appenix, Proc. International Cosmic
Ray Conference 2003,SH,p.4131
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 18:42:16 GMT (359kb)
Paper: http://lanl.arXiv.org/abs/astro-ph/?244

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