Archinto Viola - BRIT051 Additional Information Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Paul R. Sheppard, and Malcolm K. Cleaveland Standardization: Smoothing spline fixed N Purpose of collection: Archaeology Reference: Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Paul R. Sheppard, and Malcolm K. Cleaveland 2003, in press. A dendroarchaeological re-examination of the “Messiah” violin and other instruments attributed to Antonio Stradivari. Journal of Archaeological Science. The authors wish to thank the Violin Society of America for assistance in this study. The Archinto viola is housed at the Royal Academy of Music in London, England. Source location of the wood is unknown, but most likely the Italian Alps. COFECHA output: Chronology file name : BRIT051.CRN Measurement file name : BRIT051.RWL Date checked : 10MAR05 Checked by : H. ADAMS AND J. LUKAS Beginning year : 1527 Ending year : 1685 Principal investigators: Henri D. Grissino-Mayer Paul R. Sheppard Malcolm K. Cleaveland Site name : Archinto Viola Site location : UK Species information : PCAB NORWAY SPRUCE Latitude : +5131 Longitude : -00010 Elevation : 0M Series intercorrelation: 0.742 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.126 Avg standard deviation : 0.322 Avg autocorrelation : 0.935 Number dated series : 4 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 0 Pct problem segments : 0.00 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: brit051.rwl 16:56 Thu 10 Mar 2005 Page 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Correlations of 50-year dated segments, lagged 25 years Flags: A = correlation under .3281 but highest as dated; B = correlation higher at other than dated position Seq Series Time_span 1525 1550 1575 1600 1625 1650 1574 1599 1624 1649 1674 1699 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 harchta 1531 1679 .74 .79 .78 .82 .74 .71 2 harchtb 1531 1685 .71 .66 .56 .70 .71 .71 3 harchbb 1527 1680 .75 .74 .82 .83 .84 .84 4 harchbc 1527 1681 .75 .76 .73 .77 .76 .76 Av segment correlation .74 .74 .72 .78 .76 .76 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: brit051.rwl 16:56 Thu 10 Mar 2005 Page 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Corr //-------- Unfiltered --------\\ //---- Filtered -----\\ No. No. No. with Mean Max Std Auto Mean Max Std Auto AR Seq Series Interval Years Segmt Flags Master msmt msmt dev corr sens value dev corr () --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- 1 harchta 1531 1679 149 6 0 .734 .80 1.81 .342 .950 .123 2.50 .352 -.017 1 2 harchtb 1531 1685 155 6 0 .670 .79 1.76 .341 .942 .129 2.66 .500 .002 1 3 harchbb 1527 1680 154 6 0 .816 .77 1.85 .303 .920 .133 2.55 .441 -.033 1 4 harchbc 1527 1681 155 6 0 .748 .77 1.89 .303 .927 .119 2.73 .499 -.028 1 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 613 24 0 .742 .78 1.89 .322 .935 .126 2.73 .449 -.019