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Notice of Anthony Stradivari, the celebrated violin-maker, known by the name of Stradivarius:, 1864
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1neck of the viol; the finger-board is disencumbered from frets. The bridge alone is still plain, and cut out only in the lower part, which forms the feet*. Already the system is complete; for we there find the quint or alto, the violoncello, and the great quint bass, or double bass. The tuning of the violin is E, A, D, G; that of the alto, A, D, G, C; that of the violoncello, like that of the alto, an octave lower; and, lastly, that of the quint bass, which is mounted with five strings, is:
3Such is the sketch of the history of bow-instruments, confined to the most essential details, prior to the time when the great Italian school so admirably illustrated it. We have now to trace the relation between the makers belonging to this school, who have contributed to the progress and transformations in the manufacture of these instruments, until their highest perfection was attained by the renowned master who is the subject of this notice.
5* See the Sciagraphia of Praetorius, pl. xx, figs. 4 and 5.
6† Syntagm. music. vol. ii, p. 26.
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