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In this Month’s Issue of The Strad, Andreas Hampel & Andreas Hudelmayer Describe How Violin Makers Use Ultraviolet Light

Violin makers use ultraviolet light in a variety of ways: to tan wood, to dry oil varnishes, and to examine varnished surfaces in fluorescence analysis. For the first two applications, strong sunlight can be the source of the UV radiation. For fluorescence analysis, however, only artificial UV light can be used. For violin makers based…

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