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A treatise on the structure and preservation of the violin and all other bow-instruments; together with an account of the most celebrated makers, and of the genuine characteristics of their instruments;
London: R. Cocks & Co. [etc.], 1860.
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| 11 | AUTHOR'S PREFACE. | Read | |
| 14 | As regards the former objection, it may… | Read | |
| 23 | A TREATISE ON THE VIOLIN. | Read | |
| 24 | Now, though all these are not indispensa… | Read | |
| 25 | After the wood thus prepared has been ex… | Read | |
| 26 | this purpose, the thick or bark-parts of… | Read | |
| 27 | The sides, between the back and the bell… | Read | |
| 28 | CHAPTER II. | Read | |
| 29 | All those who have sought to attain a kn… | Read | |
| 30 | same maker. Riess, of Bamberg, has beaut… | Read | |
| 31 | excellent quality of tone, unless that h… | Read | |
| 32 | 10 | model of the Italians with great assidui… | Read |
| 33 | 11 | Bachmann, of Berlin, was one of the most… | Read |
| 34 | 12 | Dürfel, of Altenburg, was one of those m… | Read |
| 35 | 13 | Egitia Klotz was the most respectable of… | Read |
| 36 | 14 | This would be impossible, from the very… | Read |
| 37 | 15 | Steiner violins have been brought to me… | Read |
| 38 | 16 | CHAPTER III. | Read |
| 39 | 17 | cheeks were three-fourths the thickness… | Read |
| 40 | 18 | another are most pleasing to the eye. Th… | Read |
| 41 | 19 | three-quarters of an inch thick in the m… | Read |
| 42 | 20 | The above maker was followed by Anthony… | Read |
| 43 | 21 | sharp ridge. This constitutes their chie… | Read |
| 44 | 22 | indeed, it is an acknowledged truth, tha… | Read |
| 45 | 23 | case, if no wood has been scraped away,… | Read |
| 46 | 24 | model to those of Nicholas Amati, as wel… | Read |
| 47 | 25 | fully formed, and their upper and lower… | Read |
| 48 | 26 | One of the most striking characteristics… | Read |
| 49 | 27 | Statelmann of Vienna, and Withalm of Nur… | Read |
| 50 | 28 | than violins.* In my professional travel… | Read |
| 52 | 30 | CHAPTER IV. | Read |
| 53 | 31 | obstructs the vibration of the belly. Th… | Read |
| 54 | 32 | instrument, but for promoting the vibrat… | Read |
| 55 | 33 | The irregular vibrations are most clearl… | Read |
| 59 | 37 | too low, the tone is shrill and piercing… | Read |
| 60 | 38 | The sound-post must not be too long, oth… | Read |
| 84 | 62 | were the sons of Andrew. Anthony was bor… | Read |
| 85 | 63 | the most celebrated of all the makers of… | Read |
| 86 | 64 | Alexander Mezzadie, of Ferrara…. from… | Read |
| 87 | 65 | almost entirely lost. The instruments we… | Read |
| 88 | 66 | made good violins, which, from about 172… | Read |
| 89 | 67 | been formed by the immediate pupils of A… | Read |
| 90 | 68 | greatest rarity. So much obscurity reign… | Read |
| 91 | 69 | Among the foreigners to Italy who worked… | Read |
| 110 | 88 | Handel's Dettingen Te Deum, Utrecht Jubi… | Read |
| 111 | 89 | GENERAL INDEX. | Read |
| 112 | 90 | Galiano, Gennaro, 67. | Read |
| 113 | 91 | Medard, 69. | Read |
| 117 | TO COMPOSERS AND STUDENTS OF MUSIC. | Read |
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