Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Scan 64

Die Geigenmacher der alten italienischen Schule: Eine Uebersicht aller …, 1877

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1the down-stroke of the bow on the instrument.
3The hair is indented at the point of pressure (see Fig. 7). If the pressure is sufficiently strong the indenture of the hair is great enough to reach the stick (see Fig. 8), and the approach of the head towards the nut reaches its maximum.
5![A hand holding a bow, with the hair indented at the point of pressure.](https://i.imgur.com/3Q5z5QG.png)
7Fig. 7.
9If we now make the bow travel from the nut end to the middle, the stick will gradually relax until it regains its normal condition, and becomes neutral about this point. (In the middle the hair bends

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