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S U B S C R I B E
Tuesday, 1 September, 2009
Stradivarius squares off against... Fungi
Mushrooms, it seems, don’t only affect your mind. They can also make your violin sound like a Stradivarius. That’s according to researcher Francis Schwarze of the Materials Science and Technology Institute (EMPA) in St Gallen. He’s identified fungi which affect the acoustic properties of wood. And a violin maker in Baden has built some instruments with that wood. Today, there will be a showdown in the German city of Osnabrück between Stradivarius and fungus. Our reporter Vincent Landon has the story:
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