Carleen Hutchins
Carleen Hutchins | |
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| Born | May 5, 1911 |
| Died | August 7, 2009 (aged 98) Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, United States |
| Education | Cornell University BA biology 1933 |
| Occupation(s) | acoustician, violin-maker and researcher |
| Organization(s) | Acoustical Society of America, Catgut Acoustical Society |
Carleen Maley Hutchins (May 24, 1911 – August 7, 2009) was an American high school science teacher, violin-maker and researcher, best known for her creation, in the 1950s/60s, of a family of eight proportionally sized violins now known as the violin octet (e.g., the vertical viola) and for a considerable body of research into the acoustics of violins. She was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and worked at her home in Montclair, New Jersey.