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Scan 32
Chats on Violins, 1905
13 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 18. See the scan on archive.org.
1very much, only a certain John Hogan is informed against for singing with a "crouth or fydell." And again of this one cannot be quite certain, for instruments have been so miscalled that the crouth above mentioned might have been "little rebec" after all.
3A present of a crouth was made to the Antiquarian Society of London in 1775; judging from its description, the effects it produced must have been extremely dull. The bridge being flat, the strings were necessarily vibrated at one and the same time, thus producing a continuous succession of chords. Added to this, the bow is mentioned as "awkward and heavy."
5Messrs Sandys & Foster, in their book, give a picture of a crouth the property of C. W. G. Wynne, Esq. It is described as worm-eaten, and of a greater age than the ticket within. The ticket runs thus:
7maid in the paris of
8Anirhengel by Richard
9Evans Instruments maker
10In year 1742.
12But one of the most interesting contributions to the history of the crouth is the discovery made by Mr Edward Heron-Allen
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