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

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Scan 156

INTRUMENTSO F THE MODERN ORCHESTRA & EARLY RECORD OF THE PRECURSORS OF THE VIOLIN FAMILY, 1910

10 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 102. See the scan on archive.org.

1and preventing the rubbing or chafing that would otherwise result from the tension of the loop. (m) The shoulder, which is at the base of the neck, where it fits on to the body of the violin round the button (n) which is cut in one piece with the back—not added.
3(2) The neck comprises (o) the volute called the scroll, with (p) the cheeks of the scroll forming the walls of the peg-box, (q); o, p and q constituting the head. (r) The pegs which are four in number in the violin, viola and violoncello, and three, four or five in the double bass, are screws serving to tighten or slacken the strings which are wound round them. (s) The fingerboard, which lies flat on the neck, but stands away from the soundboard; it enables the strings which would otherwise be open, to be stopped by the fingers at any of the intervals of the diatonic and chromatic scale. (t) the neck proper, which is adjusted to the body at the shoulders round the button (n). (u) The nut which is a small strip of ebony forming a little bridge between the peg-box and the finger-board, is provided with small grooves to receive the strings and raise them clear of the fingerboard.
5In the interior of the violin for the support of the bridge and placed under its right foot is a small cylinder of wood called the soundpost; under the left foot is a beam called the bar, which is a piece of wood glued on lengthways to the arched soundboard.
7The back, ribs and bridge, are of maple wood; the soundboard, bar and soundpost, of fir; the fingerboard, nut, tail-piece and pegs, usually of ebony; the exterior is varnished.
9The most perfect bow, which serves as a model for others, is the one we owe to François Tourte, born in Paris, in 1747. It consists of:

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