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Historical models on which the soundboard rosettes are based

 

 

These images, except for the detail at the right, are at a scale of 1:1

 

                  

 

The rosette in the rectangular virginal by Onofrio Guarracino, Naples, 1663, Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Bologna

The detail at the right shows the little layered 'trees' built up on a sewing pin

 

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