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

Scan 65

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

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1slightly inwards, due to its own elasticity, and approaches the stick, which itself remains quiescent).
2Now mark the change! As soon as the stroke has passed the middle of the bow the stick again becomes alive and begins to bend backwards (see Fig. 9), and not forwards as at the beginning of the stroke.
4![A hand holding a bow, with the stick bending back.](https://i.imgur.com/3Q5z5QG.png)
6Fig. 8.
8The distance between the head of the bow and the nut now increases through the bending back of the stick, the hair becomes more tense, and increases in tension and tightness according to the degree of pressure exercised. This action of the stick is exactly the reverse of that which happened during the stroke before the centre was reached.

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