SELECTED ASPECTS OF RESONANCE PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT WOODS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF STRING INSTRUMENTS

Wood is the primary material used in the manufacture of string instruments.The quality of the resonance wood, together with the skills of the luthier-the violin makers, is one of the main factors influencing the final quality of the instruments.There are several important parameters used to evaluate the quality of the resonance wood.The most important are: wood structure, moisture content, density, elasticity, speed of acoustic wave propagation, and degree of vibration damping.There are many studies available in the specialist literature, results of these studies are presented in this article.Therefore, an in-depth analysis of the databases of scientific journals is the primary research method.The quality of the resonance wood, together with the skills of the violin makers, is one of the main factors influencing the final quality of the instruments.