Table 15.

Velocity measured with the ultrasonic technique on specimens of spruce and maple for violins 16 × 16 × 16 mm with broad-band transducers at 1 MHz frequency [57].

Wood Species Density (kg/m3) Violin sample Velocities of ultrasonic waves (m/s)
P – compressional waves
S – shear waves
V11 = VLL V22 = VRR V33 = VTT V44 = VRT V55 = VLT V66 = VLR

Resonance spruce (Picea spp.)
P. abies 400 P1 5050 2000 1500 300 1425 1375
P. rubens 485 P3 6000 2150 1600 330 1240 1320
P. sitchensis 370 P6 5600 2150 1450 300 1340 1400
P. sitchensis 437 P4 5481 2178 1530 340 1300 1487
P. engelmany 352 P5 5500 2225 1850 325 1386 1361

Fiddle back maple (Acer spp.)
A. pseudoplatanus 670 A7 4600 2500 1870 925 1529 1835
A. platanoides 740 A3 4940 2491 1942 937 1350 1698
A. macrophylum 600 A6 4500 2340 1550 900 1340 1720
A. saccharinum 700 A1 4785 2376 1786 653 1352 1738
A. rubrum 560 A2 3800 2510 1850 740 1450 1750

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