08/13/2026
What's hiding inside a 300-year-old viola?
We recently had the chance to CT scan an early 18th century viola, and what we found tells a story more than three centuries in the making.
The scan revealed internal woodworm tunneling, damage from wood-boring beetle larvae that follows the grain of the wood and is completely invisible from the outside.
Here's why it matters: using industrial CT, we can see inside a delicate instrument without ever opening it. That gives owners and restorers a clear view of hidden damage, precise guidance for restoration, and a lasting record of the instrument's condition.
It's the same technology we use every day to inspect critical components across aerospace, manufacturing, and medical devices. Because whether it's a centuries-old instrument or a modern engineered part, you can't fix what you can't see.
See what's beneath the surface: https://bit.ly/4gis7H4
