A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Characterization of Bowed String Instruments: the Musical Acoustics Lab in Cremona

The main purpose of this paper is to illustrate the research project of the Musical Acoustics Lab- oratory of Politecnico di Milano, recently established in the premises of the Violin Museum of Cremona. The research is focused on the characterization of bowed string instruments using meth- ods from different disciplines: from material to vibrometric analysis and modelling, from acoustic radiance prediction to measurement and timbral analysis. This plethora of multimodal informa- tion is not just collected but jointly analysed and fused using machine intelligence methodologies. The techniques of analysis are described and some preliminary results are presented.