From AFP: Sounds like a Strad? Must be the mushrooms
A Swiss researcher said Thursday he had hit on an unlikely way of recreating the unique sound of a Stradivarius violin — by treating the wood of a replica instrument with mushrooms.
Francis Schwarze of the Zurich-based Federal Materials, Science and Technology Institute (EMPA), made a replica of a violin by the Italian master Antonio Stradivari from the year 1698, which was presented this week at the "Swiss Innovation Forum" in Basel.
Schwarze found that [continue]
If nibbling away at the wood does the trick, maybe he should try applications of Coca-Cola.