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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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1three stringed double bass, was produced by the inventor to supply a suitable bass for chauber music with the same colour as the other instruments.
3Production of Sound. The sound is produced in exactly the same manner on the Stelzner instruments as in the old instruments (see p. 103); the fingering and bowing are absolutely the same. With regard to the violotta and cellone, they are easily mastered by a performer on any other member of the family of strings.
5Compass. The following table shows the compass of the instruments; the notation for the violotta and cellone are in the F or bass clef, and offer no difficulties.
7Violin.
9Notation. Real Sounds
11Viola.
13Violotta.
15Violoncello.
17Cellone.
19Double Bass.
21octave lower.
23Quality of Tone. The quality of tone is uniform in character throughout the compass of the five instruments, so that when a chord is given out in parts by the set, it sounds like a chord on one instrument. The extraordinary
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