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Yes and probably fair to say that open strings are often avoided in practice - e.g. because no vibrato on an open string.

• kragen 5y ago
  Vibrato also helps a lot to obscure the difference between, for example, just intonation and equal temperament, although of course that's not why we do it.
  • kragen 5y ago
    Just to clarify, by "we" I mean "humans", not "violinists". I don't play violin.