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

Scan 140

The Instruments of the Modern Orchestra and Early Records of the Precursors of the Violin Family, in Two Volumes, Vol. I- Modern Orchestral Instruments, 1910

3 lines. Read by computer on 18 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.

1little moulding forming a border round the belly and back.
2(d) The edges which project over the sides or ribs and are called upper bouts (e) round the shoulders, centre bouts (f) at the incurvations; and lower bouts (g) from the latter to the tail pin. (h) The corners, which are strengthened from within by means of the four corner blocks, 1 1/2 inch in thickness, which fill in the corners and lie closely upon the inside between the soundboard and back. (i) The f holes (as the soundholes are called from their shape), which form a distinctive feature of the violin tribe. (j) The bridge

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