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the history of the violin, 1864
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1have been tuned as at present, and the tenor a fifth lower, while the bass violin was tuned in fifths; the first string being the higher G in the bass, and the fourth therefore B flat below the line, and therefore one tone lower than the violoncello.
3Mace, in his quaint book, "Musick's Monument," 1675, gives an amusing direction for the care of a lute, which he would probably extend to the violin race. He recommends the lute to be put into a bed in the daytime that is constantly used, between the rug and the blanket, but never between the sheets, because they may be moist. It will save the strings from breaking, and keep the lute in good order. He adds, no person must be so inconsiderate as to tumble down on the bed whilst it is there, as he had known several spoilt with such a trick. We should think this very probable.
5" Mantua, vae miserum! nimium vicina Cremonae."
7In that once very popular book by Comenius, "Orbis Sensualium Pictus," which went through very many editions, and in several languages, among the musical instruments are introduced, "Secundo, in quibus chordae intenduntur & plectuntur, ut nablium cum clavicordio utrâque manu." He mentions also, "Testudo (chelys) (in quâ jugum, magadium, & verticelli, quibus nervi intenduntur super ponticulam,) & cythara, dexterâ tantum, pandura, plectro, & lyra, intus rotâ, quâe versatur. Dimensiones in singulis tanguntur sinistrâ." Thus translated: "Secondly, upon which strings are stretched and struck upon, as the psaltery, and the virginals, with both hands; the lute (in which is the neck, the belly, the pegs, by which the strings are stretched upon the bridge), the cittern, with the right hand only, the vial, with a bow, and the harp with a wheel within, which
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