From Catgut to the Violin Society of America: The past 10 years of violin acoustics research. Free

In the late 1990s, most of the original founding members of the Catgut Acoustical Society (CAS) had passed away and Carleen Hutchins had departed to concentrate on her new violin octet family. Nevertheless, violin acoustics research continued around the world. In 2002, the CAS and the Violin Society of America (VSA) co‐sponsored a violin acoustics workshop at Oberlin College to bring together the world’s leading violin acoustics researchers and violin makers. This annual VSA‐Oberlin Acoustics workshop has spawned numerous collaborative projects such as George Bissinger’s Strad 3D project. In 2005, the CAS merged with the VSA to become the CAS Forum. Members of the CAS Forum have continued to promote violin acoustics by organizing workshops, research projects, and presentations at international meetings of violin makers.