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

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How to make a violin. And Violin notes by Ole Bull, 1900

22 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 25. See the scan on archive.org.

1VIOLIN AND STRINGED INSTRUMENTS
3ADVICE TO VIOLIN STUDENTS. Containing Information of the Utmost Value to every Violinist. By WALLACE RITCHIE. Crown 8vo, cloth, 7/6; paper, 5/–.
5ART OF HOLDING THE VIOLIN AND BOW AS EXEMPLIFIED BY OLE BULL. His Pose and Method proved to be based on true Anatomical Principles. By A. B. CROSBY, M.D., Professor of Anatomy. Portrait, Diagrams and Illustrations. 8vo, cloth, 6/–.
7ART OF VIOLONCELLO PLAYING. Tutor in Three Books. By E. VAN DER STRAETEN. Text in English and French. 4to. Book I, 3/6; Book II, 4/–; Book III, unpublished.
9BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF FIDDLERS. Including Performers on the Violoncello and Double Bass. By A. MASON CLARKE. 9 Portraits. Post 8vo, cloth, 25/–.
11BOW INSTRUMENTS, their Form and Construction. Practical and Detailed Investigation and Experiments regarding Vibration, Sound Results, and Construction. By J. W. GILTAY. Numerous Diagrams. 8vo, cloth, 16/–.
13CHATS WITH VIOLINISTS. By WALLACE RITCHIE. Crown 8vo, cloth, 10/6.
15GERMAN VIOLIN MAKERS. By FRIDOLIN HAMMA. A Critical Dictionary of German Violin Makers with a Series of Plates Illustrating Characteristic and Fine Examples of their Work. Translated by Walter Stewart. 64 pages of text and 80 plates in half-tone, 12 × 10 inches, cloth, 105/–.
17This book is written by one of the most prominent experts in Europe, this status assuring the importance of his contribution to violin connoisseurship.
19About 80 fine German instruments are represented in the plates of this book, the majority by two views, whilst many are extra-illustrated by separate scroll pictures. Good, representative examples of the German masters were selected for the purpose of providing the most informative illustrations, and a short descriptive general treatment accompanies each maker's name in the text. The arrangement of the text is on an alphabetical plan.
21Fridolin Hamma's book is one of the most important contributions of our time to violin literature, a work which no connoisseur or maker should miss.

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