What if Peeling an Orange Led to the Shape of a Violin’s F-hole?

Considering the f-holes of the Amati ‘King’ cello and playing with food led Andrew Dipper to on a possible path to evolution of the sound hole of a violin. He writes:

“I have to admit now that playing with food had a part in this discovery, and peeling an orange led me to confirm the realisation that the Amati f-hole, curled up in this way, creates spheroids with a helical incision that unites the opposing poles…Soon I was in the supermarket looking for spherical citrus aids and a few cuts on a number of lemons with a sharp scalpel were enough to prove that slight modification of the Canadian Mail Order Pharmacies, buying medicine from canada coupon for cialis 10mg http://arubatourism.com/assets/blog/index.php?=buy-original-cialis-online/ Best Online Pharmacies, cheap cialis cheapest canadian pharmacy helical track as it leaves the poles could substantially modify the resulting ‘f’ into nearly the Amati form.”

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