Scan 70

A popular account of ancient musical instruments and their development, as illustrated by typical examples in the Galpin collection at Hatfield, Broad Oak, Essex, 1897

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1are circular, and the bridge does not stand straight, but inclines to the right, and its left foot, which is 2 1/2 inches in length (while the right foot measures only three quarters of an inch) passes through the sound-hole and rests on the back of the instrument, thus acting the part of the sound-post.

3The crwth is mentioned by Davies Barrington, a Welsh Judge, who relates that he knew one John Morgan, born 1711, in the Island of Angelsey, who still played the crwth. It was also heard at Carnarvon as late as 1801, but it is now entirely out of use.

5The Viols (Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9).—The viol was invented in the fifteenth century and passed out of use in the eighteenth. It succeeded the mediæval fiddle and preceded the violin. The treble viol (Fig. 7) was also called Viola da Braccio, or arm viol. The large bass viol (Fig. 9) was known as the Viola da Gamba, or leg viol, and was the predecessor of the

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