Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Scan 231

A descriptive catalogue of the musical instruments recently exhibited at the Royal Military Exhibition, London, 1890 …, 1891

4 lines. Read by computer on 1 October 2026. Printed page 211. See the scan on archive.org.

1execution in all keys. This can be better understood by referring to the tablature below; the fingering of each series is placed above.
3The intonation of the seventh harmonics, printed as crotchets, is, of course, not in accordance with any temperament employed in modern music. The notes printed as semibreves are produced with simple fingering; those printed as minims are produced by the aid of special fingering. The two additional valves, acting as transposers, simplify the fingering of certain keys, usually of very difficult, if not

The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.