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In the March 2023 issue, luthier Simone Zopf argues that the base measuring unit of the early Cremonese makers was the Roman oncia, taken as 18.6mm. Here, she demonstrates how the main measurements and proportions of a violin can all be calculated by drawing concentric circles with radii in multiples of this unit, from the geometric centre of the instrument.
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