Re: science behind a mandolin "opening up"
I haven't seen any science (peer reviewed articles) on this. I've read many threads where an instrument is played a lot and then the tone or volume changes, always for the better. I have read threads where people have presented ideas on why this happens. Folks have also expressed that this phenomenon is transient, i.e., an instrument can fall back to sleep if you take the bridge off or change strings or leave it be for a while. I remain skeptical to the phenomenon but am not invested enough in it one way or the other to say it does or doesn't happen and people don't hear a difference. But as far as I know, there has been no large study to quantify how or if it happens.
Jamie
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. Logan Pearsall Smith, 1865 - 1946
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