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The instruments of the modern orchestra & early records of the precursors of the violin family, with over 500 illustrations and plates;, 1910
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1SECTION II.
3STRINGED INSTRUMENTS.
5CHAPTER XXI.
7(a) Played with a bow:—The Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Double-Bass.
9(b) Twanged by the fingers:—The Harp.
11(c) Stringed instruments with keys: The Pianoforte.
13The Violin or Fiddle.
15French, Violon. German, Violin or Geige.
16Italian, Violino.
18The violin belongs to the class of stringed instruments played with a bow.
20Construction. It is made entirely of wood (except the strings), and consists of two parts (1) the body; (2) the neck.
21(1.) The body comprises (a) the belly or soundboard forming the uppermost part of the body, and slightly and delicately arched. (b) The back, arched in the violin family and flat in that of the viols. (c) The purfling, a delicate
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