Investigative tree-ring analysis on Musical Instruments
Peter
Ratcliff
DENDROCHRONOLOGY Ltd
PUBLICATIONS & CONTRIBUTIONS
VIOLIN
CELLO
VIOLA
VIOL
LUTE
LYRA
GAMBA
GUITARS
DOUBLE-BASS
February 2015: The Girolamo Amati viola in the Galleria Estense
January 2015: The Golden Age of Violin-Making in Spain
June 2012: Giovanni Baptista Guadagnini Masterpieces from the Parma 2011 Galleria Nazionale Exhibition
Partners with a team of scientists and researchers at Instrumental Insight, LLC compiling extensive and comprehensive condition reports on important instruments
James Westrook's "The Century that shaped the Guitar" (2005)
Cremona Talk at WOODMUSICK September 2014
In "Nature" Journal, 25 September 2014
The STRAD Magazine, February 2012 issue
The above research, involving testing all the known remaining Violins and violas by Andrea Amati, revealed that the bellies of 5 of these instrument had originated within the same tree
