SUNDAY. FEB.RUARY 27, 1955 THE -MICHIGAN DAILY Pdr , AGEY1TIAI 20TH CENTURY CRAFTSMANSHIP: Violin Maker Maddy Works in Ann Arbor By DEBRA DURCHSLAG many years to play a good violin POPULAR legend has it that in, and a strongly-made violin that story of fine violins began may take from 40 to 80 years be-f in the 17th century and ended in fore it "sounds." the early' 18th. It is true that during this period Playing causes the plates to vi- the modern violin was developed, brate more sympathetically. Har- when the names of the Italian monics of the instrument are in- craftsmen of Cremona were made creased and balanced with the synonymous with history of fine proper amount of use, accordingr violin-making. to Maddy. "If a violin sounds Stradivari was the most famous mellow and plays. easily at first," of these workers, even in his own Maddy pointed out, "the plates lifetime, and Guarneri del Gesu are probably too thin, and the and ®the brothers Amati ran him instrument may play out with a close second. However, according more use." to Ann Arbor violin maker Rich- A GOOD violin is a feat of ard A. Maddy, that doesn't mean craftsmanship, Sound is al- that fine violins can't be made ways of Rprimacy' importance V1. today, the violinist, but a connoisseur In fact, Maddy explained, he is also interested in an in'stru- craftsmanship of the Italian mas- ment of fine workmanship, ters was often crude, both in in- me patterkmashe p.t ternal and external parts, in com- The pattern in the wood, the parison with the work of the best carving of the scroll and f holes, modern makers the matching of the ribs-thesex In the area of sound, however, are all details that can change the Italian instruments rank first the value of a violin without hav- This is due to a number of fac- ing any bearing on the sound- tors, including the selection of quality. wood and varnish, but perhaps the Fine instruments are made com- largest single factor is the long pletely by hand. The maker works period of time they have been in with pie-cuts of wood, known as use. bolts, that are quarter sections taken around the trunk of a tree. EVEN the instruments of Stradi- Pine wood is used for the top, with vari were sometimes rejected maple or sycamore for the back, when they were new. It takes Rough bolts are carved, not VIOLIN-MAKER MADDY WORKS OVER EMBRYONIC VIOLA pressed, into the arched shape of the plates. Within the tested outlines used in violin making, there is much variation of detail possible. The f holes on the top plate can be carved in different proportions, not to mention the rounding of corners and arching of plates. A CPA FTSMANin his own right, Maddy has studied violin con- struction for almost eight years. He also plays the instrument, "al- though not too well" he admitted, but his first love is the mechanism itself. Maddy became interested in vio- lin-making through his father, Prof. Joseph E. Maddy of the music school and founder of the National Music Camp in Inter- lochen. It was through Prof. Maddy's suggestion that his son appren- ticed underl1he late W. C. Stinger, violinamaker at the Camp, and tiuS began his.career in violin- making. smart " * . distinctive luggage RADIATION RESEARCH: Continue Cancer 'Hot'Cures Study with more detailed knowledge of the extent of the'malignant growth than was previously obtainable. Last year, Dr. Samuel Unter- myer of the Argonne National Laboratory and Dr. Robert Has- terlik of the Argonne Cancer Hos- pital in Chicago developed an X- ray unit that can be used today in making films of the skeletal system for clinical use. AT BNL, the nuclear reactor it- self has been used as a medi- cal instrument of treatment. It is used as a neutron source whereby it is possible to make a desired radioactive isotope within a can- cer itself. 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