F-hole edges return chirped echoes that shape the violin’s broad frequency response

Evidence

It seems plausible, therefore, that the positioning of the f-holes sound affects the broad frequency response of the instrument by returning an echo (albeit a chirped one—high frequencies first) on a very short timescale. Once again, we have found “a little instrument within the big one” that has lasting effect, as with the trumpet mouthpiece. The bridge hill is real and is a gatekeeper resonance effect. — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 1779

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘little instrument within the big one’ pattern parallels the trumpet mouthpiece mechanism from earlier chapters; a recurring structural motif in the book.