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Organs have always been among the most important musical instruments in Europe. Because of their highly complex mechanical systems and the wide variety of materials they are made of, such as metal, ivory, wood or paperboard, they are considered one of the hardest instruments to preserve. Particularly, the different materials used to make the pipes, mainly tin or lead alloys, are sensitive to environmental...
This paper reports the results of several scientific analyses carried out on ten mandolins made in the second half of the eighteenth century by the most important Neapolitan mandolin manufacturers such as the Filano, Fabricatore, Gagliano and Vinaccia families. Various elements of decoration were characterized for each mandolin: the resins of the sound hole decorations, the black wood strips of the...
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