Felix SAVART
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SAVART, Felix Born 1791 Mézières, died 1841 Paris France. Eminent physician and researcher into electricity and magnetism. Also devoted much time to the form and acoustics of the violin. Presented a set of instruments made in trapezoidal form to the Académie des Sciences in 1819. These have no arch, conventional soundpost, central bassbar and integral tailpiece. Although judged clear and even in tone, the sound was reported as ‘subdued’. His Mémoire sur la Construction Des Instrumens [sic] à Cordes et à Archet (Paris, 1819) is the first significant published work on the theoretical and scientific exploration of the violin.
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