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2. Scale length (string instruments) - Wikipedia

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   For example, a 7/8 violin has a scale of about 317 mm, a 3/4-size instrument a scale of 307 mm, a half-size one 287 mm, and a quarter-size one 267 mm. 1/8, 1/10, 1/16 and 1/32 and even 1/64 violins also exist, becoming progressively smaller, but again in no proportional relationship. (A full-size instrument is described as 4/4.)

3. String (music) - Wikipedia

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   Certain keyboard instruments (e.g., harpsichord) and the Gaelic harp use brass. Other natural materials, such as silk or gut—or synthetics such as nylon and kevlar are also used for string cores. (Steel used for strings, called music wire, is hardened and tempered.) Some violin E strings are gold-plated to improve tone quality.

4. Violin construction and mechanics - Wikipedia

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   The body length (not including the neck) of a 'full-size' or 4/4 violin is 356 mm (14.0 in) (or smaller in some models of the 17th century). A 3/4 violin is 335 mm (13.2 in), and a 1/2 size is 310 mm (12 in). Rarely, one finds a size referred to as 7/8 which is approximately 340 mm (13.5 in), sometimes called a "ladies' fiddle."

5. Fingerboard - Wikipedia

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   Nylon or gut strings require the most, and solid steel-core strings the least. A typical full-size (4/4) violin with synthetic-core G, D, and A strings shows 0.75 mm of scoop under the G string, and between 0.5 mm and zero scoop under the E, which is usually a solid steel core on modern instruments.

6. Catgut - Wikipedia

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   Most musical instruments produced today use strings with cores made of other materials, generally steel or synthetic polymer. Gut strings are the natural choice for many classical and baroque string players, [6] and gut strings are still most commonly preferred in concert-tension pedal/grand and some lever harps because they give a richer ...

7. Violin acoustics - Wikipedia

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   Violin strings were originally made from catgut, which is still available and used by some professional musicians, [32] although strings made of other materials are less expensive to make and are not as sensitive to temperature. [31] Modern strings are made of steel-core, stranded steel-core, or a synthetic material such as Perlon. [31]