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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
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1resonant power, and to both sides of which several coatings of varnish are applied to prevent cracking or warping. The soundboard, which is slightly convex to the strings, lies under them along the whole length and breadth of the piano nearly as far as the wrest plank; between the sound-
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5Fig. 2.—Showing the Underside of the Soundboard with the Belly Bars, which help to uphold it against the downward pressure of the Bridge. (Broadwood.)
7board and the wrest plank there is a narrow space left, through which the hammers rise to strike the strings. Strings when set in vibration give but a poor sound of themselves, owing to the small surface they possess, wherewith to influence or set vibrating the surrounding
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