Scan 23
Antonio Stradivari, his life and work (1644-1737), 1909
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1LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT
3FACSIMILE OF AN INSCRIPTION CONCERNING MEASUREMENTS FOR THE SOUND-HOLES OF THE SAME …………………………………………….. 104
4DESIGN FOR A TAIL-PIECE, PROBABLY INTENDED FOR THE INLAID VIOLAS ……………………………………………………….. 106
5SECTION OF A TREE, SHOWING THE WOOD CUT ON THE QUARTER, OR RIGHT WAY OF THE GRAIN, AND CUT ON THE SLAB, i.e. ACROSS THE GRAIN ……………………………………………………….. 168
6A BACK IN ONE PIECE, CUT ON THE QUARTER ……………………………………………………….. 169
7A BACK IN ONE PIECE, CUT ON THE SLAB ……………………………………………………….. 169
8STRADIVARI'S CALLIPERS FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE THICKNESSES ……………………………………………………….. 191
9ANOTHER PAIR OF CALLIPERS ……………………………………………………….. 195
10DESIGN FOR THE OUTLINE AND "f" HOLES OF A SMALL VIOLIN ……………………………………………………….. 200
11MOULD MADE BY STRADIVARI FOR THE CONTRALTO (TENORE VIOLA) OF THE "TUSCAN" SET OF INSTRUMENTS ……………………………………………………….. 202
12FACSIMILE OF STRADIVARI'S WRITING ……………………………………………………….. 205
13DESIGN FOR THE PLACING OF SOUND-HOLES ……………………………………………………….. 205
14A SIMILAR DESIGN ……………………………………………………….. 206
15TEMPLATES FOR THE OPENING OF "f" HOLES, AND SKETCHES OF COMPLETED "f" HOLE ……………………………………………………….. 207
16DESIGN FOR A PEG ……………………………………………………….. 213
17AN ORIGINAL PEG, AS USED BY THE MASTER ……………………………………………………….. 213
18DESIGN FOR A TAIL-PIECE ……………………………………………………….. 214
19DESIGNS FOR THE BRIDGES ……………………………………………………….. 215
20DESIGNS FOR CASE-HINGE OR LOCK-PLATE ……………………………………………………….. 216
21BOW ORIGINALLY WITH THE STRADIVARI VIOLINS BELONGING TO KING CHARLES IV. OF SPAIN. THE ROYAL ARMS INLAID ON THE NUT ……………………………………………………….. 217
22BOW PURCHASED BY US AT CREMONA IN 1884 ……………………………………………………….. 217
23CARVED TAIL-PIECE OF EARLY ITALIAN WORK ……………………………………………………….. 231
24THE SOUND-HOLE, DELICATELY CUT OUT IN WOOD, OF A GUITAR BY STRADIVARI ……………………………………………………….. 239
25THE HEAD OF A GUITAR MADE BY STRADIVARI ……………………………………………………….. 244
26DESIGNS FOR THE ARMS OF STRADIVARI'S VARIOUS PATRONS, INTENDED MOST PROBABLY FOR INLAYING ON FINGER-BOARD OR TAIL-PIECE ……………………………………………………….. 260
27AN ORIGINAL STRADIVARI CASE, MADE TO CONTAIN A VIOLIN ……………………………………………………….. 262
28A BANK-NOTE ISSUED BY A CREMONESE BANK ……………………………………………………….. 295
29MONTEVERDI ……………………………………………………….. 299
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