Word: fractionating
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Saunders found a good reason why violinists prefer to play the old instruments. The reason: they are easier to play. Through some mysterious process inherent in aging, the violin becomes mechanically more responsive-it begins to "speak" a fraction of a second sooner when force is applied to the strings. Dr. Saunders experimented with a motor-operated machine which bowed the violins by elastic celluloid disks in such a way that the force required to produce a singing tone could be measured. In the old violins the force required was slightly less...