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The history of the violin, and other instruments played on with the bow from …, 1864
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1HISTORY OF THE VIOLIN.
3CHAPTER I.
5SIMITH says, at the commencement of his "Harmonics," that "Sound is caused by the vibrations of elastic bodies, which communicate the like vibrations to the air, and these the like again to our organs of hearing." "For instance, the vibrating motion of a musical string puts others in motion, whose tension and quantity of matter dispose their vibrations to keep time with the pulses of air, propagated from the string that was struck." The sound of the violin, and instruments of that class, arises from the vibrations of the strings produced by the friction of the bow communicating with the air, the power being increased by means of the two vibrating plates of the instrument, generally called the back and the belly, connected with each other by the sound post, and with the strings by means of the bridge.
7The greatest care is necessary in the construction of these instruments; to ensure the proper elasticity of the vibrating plates, to settle the model or form of the body, the position of the sound-holes; and, in fact, the whole structure is the result of long experience and skill. The
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