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Die Geigenmacher der alten italienischen Schule: Eine Uebersicht aller …, 1877
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1culties, what the achievements in its development amount to, and what is still necessary to perfect it for the production of tone.
3The bow working as it does by friction, is really the most wonderful instrument for tone production. It originated, or came into being, in the East, over 1,000 years ago, and first took the form of an archer's bow, when it was used in the most primitive form of playing (see Fig. 1).
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8The qualities of this primitive bow were of the poorest description, and it retained its original shape for many centuries.
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