Violin
device · 1550 · Early modern era
A bowed string instrument.
What it is made of
- Strings — has part. Four strings.
- Wooden soundboard — has part. The top and back plates of the body.
- Violin bow — has part. The friction of horsehair excites the string.
- Violin sound post — has part. A sound post passes the vibrations to the back plate.
Principles and materials it uses
- String vibration — uses. Vibrating strings.
- Resonance — uses. Resonance of the body.
- Wood — is made of. A violin is made of spruce and maple.
- Friction — uses. The bow sets the string vibrating by stick-slip friction.