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ESR and Radiocarbon Dating of Gut Strings from Early Plucked Instruments.

ABSTRACT: Early European plucked instruments have recently experienced a great revival, but a few aspects remain unknown (e.g., the gauge of gut strings). Here we report, for the first time, that the electron spin resonance (ESR) signal intensity of oxidized iron, Fe(III), from gut strings at g = 2 increases linearly with age within a few hundred years. The signal increase in the remaining old strings on early instruments can be used to judge if they are as old as or younger than the instrument. Obtaining the authenticity information of gut strings contributes to the revival of the old instruments and the music.

SUBMITTER: Tsukamoto S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7189657 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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ESR and Radiocarbon Dating of Gut Strings from Early Plucked Instruments.

Tsukamoto Sumiko S Takeuchi Taro T Tani Atsushi A Miyairi Yosuke Y Yokoyama Yusuke Y

Methods and protocols 20200128 1

Early European plucked instruments have recently experienced a great revival, but a few aspects remain unknown (e.g., the gauge of gut strings). Here we report, for the first time, that the electron spin resonance (ESR) signal intensity of oxidized iron, Fe(III), from gut strings at <i>g</i> = 2 increases linearly with age within a few hundred years. The signal increase in the remaining old strings on early instruments can be used to judge if they are as old as or younger than the instrument. Ob ...[more]

PMID: 32012965

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ESR and Radiocarbon Dating of Gut Strings from Early Plucked Instruments.

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ESR and Radiocarbon Dating of Gut Strings from Early Plucked Instruments.

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