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the history of the violin, 1864
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1tions of a person who knew him, a small subscription was raised, and he was buried in the ground of the Grey Friars Church of Edinburgh, where the father is supposed to be interred.
3The place at which the fatal accident occurred was such "that the most sober person might have fallen there, the door of the house from which he emerged opening at once upon a stair without any landing-place." Charles Reade appears to have drawn the picture of this person in his novel of "Christie Johnstone," at p. 122, under the name of Thomas Harvey, but too much intellect has been assigned to him.
5There was a violin maker connected with Matthew Hardie, named John Blair, but nothing is known of his ability as a workman.
7Whether or no the chamber double-bass can be called an invention, or an enlarged violoncello strung differently, or whichever way it may be considered, the merit of the adaptation is due to an amateur on the violoncello, named Barraud, who held an appointment in the Treasury, and the instrument is generally known as the Barraud bass. These instruments were first made about 1820, and became rather popular, but soon lost their favouritism, partly arising from the excessive pressure required on the strings, to produce anything like a musical sound. It was tuned an octave below the violoncello, therefore the strings were necessarily large and heavy. When first introduced to the public only three covered strings were applied, but latterly all four were covered with wire, the fourth being double covered. These instruments were first made for the inventor by John Morrison, then by Thomas Kennedy, and lastly by Samuel Gilkes, who increased the dimensions of them.
9A further modification of this instrument was intro-
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