https://doi.org/10.4081/jear.2011.149

Synchrotron radiation microtomography of musical instruments: a non-destructive monitoring technique for insect infestations

Vol. 43 No. 2 (2011)
Submitted: 4 February 2012
Accepted: 4 February 2012
Published: 20 August 2011
cultural heritage, musical instruments, xylophages, x-ray imaging.
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Beatrice Bentivoglio-Ravasio
beatrice.bentivoglio@beniculturali.it
Direzione Regionale per i Beni Culturali e Paesaggistici della Lombardia, Italy.
Emanuele Marconi
Direzione Regionale per i Beni Culturali e Paesaggistici della Lombardia, Italy.
Leonardo Trotta
Direzione Regionale per i Beni Culturali e Paesaggistici della Lombardia, Italy.
Diego Dreossi
Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy.
Nicola Sodini
Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy.
Lucia Mancini
Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy.
Franco Zanini
Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy.
Camillo Tonini
Fondazione Musei Civici Veneziani, Italy.
X-ray computed tomography is becoming a common technique for the structural analysis of samples of cultural relevance, providing luthiers, art historians, conservators and restorators with a unique tool for the characterization of musical instruments. Synchrotron-radiation phase-contrast microtomography is an ideal technique for the non-destructive 3D analysis of samples where small lowabsorbing details such as larvae and eggs can be detected. We report results from the first feasibility studies performed at the Elettra synchrotron laboratory, where the 1494 organ by Lorenzo Gusnasco da Pavia has been studied. Together with important information about the structural conditions, the presence of xylophages could be detected and characterized.

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Bentivoglio-Ravasio, B., Marconi, E., Trotta, L., Dreossi, D., Sodini, N., Mancini, L., Zanini, F., & Tonini, C. (2011). Synchrotron radiation microtomography of musical instruments: a non-destructive monitoring technique for insect infestations. Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research, 43(2), 149–155. https://doi.org/10.4081/jear.2011.149

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