Scan 74
How to make a violin. And Violin notes by Ole Bull, 1900
2 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 60. See the scan on archive.org.
1pitch over that of one hundred years ago. The old short bars are no longer adapted to the greater strain, and more powerful ones are needed. From long-continued strain, the pulling of the two extremes towards the centre, and the downward pressure of the bridge at that point, the tops of many old violins have bulged up at the ends and sunk down at the centre. The adjustment of a new bar will tend to remedy this. As the bar was originally placed by Gaspar Da Salo, so it should be placed now, that is, not in the direction of the fibres of the top, but obliquely, the end under the fingerboard being nearest the centre. In this position it appears to give ample support to the bridge and to allow a fuller and richer tone.
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