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The Violin: A concise exposition of the general principles of construction..
1871.
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| 1 | This is a digital copy of a book that wa… | Read | |
| 2 | There is no text on this page. | Read | |
| 8 | THE VIOLIN: | Read | |
| 10 | CONTENTS. | Read | |
| 12 | PREFACE. | Read | |
| 13 | nature, may still occur, and should este… | Read | |
| 14 | THE VIOLIN. | Read | |
| 15 | nearest resemblance to the violin proper… | Read | |
| 16 | instrument is better adapted for volume… | Read | |
| 17 | outline resembling a guitar, but which m… | Read | |
| 18 | We now arrive at what is supposed to be… | Read | |
| 19 | much defaced, and little care bestowed s… | Read | |
| 20 | or opposite end. The bridge was made of… | Read | |
| 21 | quarian Society, states that he heard th… | Read | |
| 22 | the appearance of this instrument, than… | Read | |
| 23 | porary writer the struggles it had to en… | Read | |
| 24 | of place here to include, also, a specie… | Read | |
| 25 | human voice than any other. This excelle… | Read | |
| 26 | the other is playing upon this rudimenta… | Read | |
| 27 | edral; in the Musurgia of Lucinius; on t… | Read | |
| 28 | appears to have been one of the many ins… | Read | |
| 29 | Islands. From a quaint author in 1634,*… | Read | |
| 30 | And coach-drivers may be drunk, like gen… | Read | |
| 31 | his second visit, he begged of me to let… | Read | |
| 32 | all the music we had; and yet no ordinar… | Read | |
| 33 | instrument throughout Britain about this… | Read | |
| 34 | sides, the instrument having no back, bu… | Read | |
| 35 | stringed instruments, including the viol… | Read | |
| 36 | No. 5533, by Eugene du Mesnil; 1845, Jun… | Read | |
| 37 | creased area and number of strings. An e… | Read | |
| 38 | Ranking foremost amongst all the learned… | Read | |
| 39 | required peculiarity of tone, which the… | Read | |
| 40 | by a simpler method, viz. :—Merely hold… | Read | |
| 41 | It is all in vain for us to be mere copy… | Read | |
| 42 | slabways, with the grain running from si… | Read | |
| 43 | ments of the Cremonese makers, the conta… | Read | |
| 44 | ished instruments. The artist devoted hi… | Read | |
| 45 | these instruments, say answering to C (5… | Read | |
| 46 | the dimensions of the bar; for the stron… | Read | |
| 47 | one is aware, a neck, at the end of whic… | Read | |
| 48 | explanation of the reinforcement of the… | Read | |
| 49 | violin. The arch is formed of two uprigh… | Read | |
| 50 | direction parallel to the disc, the soun… | Read | |
| 51 | than without, the post in this case only… | Read | |
| 52 | an effect very intense and pronounced. T… | Read | |
| 53 | we advance. We take a violin, and pierce… | Read | |
| 54 | then examine the rôle of each piece as w… | Read | |
| 55 | allow the passage of some rosined horseh… | Read | |
| 56 | we place the flat end upon one edge of o… | Read | |
| 57 | produced by means of the tube applied to… | Read | |
| 58 | position of this piston the sound has th… | Read | |
| 59 | while the grave sounds resemble those of… | Read | |
| 60 | was to have recourse to direct experimen… | Read | |
| 61 | Why is deal preferred for the constructi… | Read | |
| 62 | is 15 to 16½ times as great as in air, t… | Read | |
| 63 | The disposition of the drum, its fibrous… | Read | |
| 64 | long the pressure upon the tables will b… | Read | |
| 65 | in this case the sound is always the sam… | Read | |
| 66 | these means, and science, in conducing t… | Read | |
| 67 | the ordinary form. It is an astonishing… | Read | |
| 68 | the vibrations of the other parts of the… | Read | |
| 69 | but if we put the neck again in communic… | Read | |
| 70 | but if we place it near the nut, its mot… | Read | |
| 71 | being careful to have all the parts in i… | Read | |
| 72 | of the f holes of these instruments bein… | Read | |
| 73 | determine the sound of the air in the bo… | Read | |
| 74 | these instruments in harmony with the vi… | Read | |
| 75 | me that the points of the back and belly… | Read | |
| 76 | another rod glued to it perpendicularly… | Read | |
| 77 | the second rod \( b \) \( b \), at a poi… | Read | |
| 78 | when the air contained by the case has a… | Read | |
| 79 | ness in proper proportions, it is very e… | Read | |
| 80 | ence, all these three systems of thickne… | Read | |
| 81 | such as may be in perfect unison with on… | Read | |
| 82 | two tables when vibrating independently,… | Read | |
| 83 | dency to vibrate after its own mode—that… | Read | |
| 84 | pentine varnish, with a coloured bow of… | Read | |
| 85 | whole, corner blocks omitted, &c., but t… | Read | |
| 86 | Some instruments have a series of rectan… | Read | |
| 87 | adopt this method, but along with intens… | Read | |
| 88 | Mackintosh of Dublin it is said discover… | Read | |
| 89 | portion called heartwood, which is the m… | Read | |
| 90 | from any intelligent cabinetmaker in his… | Read | |
| 91 | external wood of the tree, whilst the ed… | Read | |
| 92 | well as any other purpose where neatness… | Read | |
| 93 | upwards; hold the other half with jointe… | Read | |
| 94 | case there is no remedy but to take the… | Read | |
| 95 | breast; but when the instrument is whole… | Read | |
| 96 | prepared, as in the early part of the af… | Read | |
| 97 | fits accurately upon the curvature of ba… | Read | |
| 98 | ment. To return to the back, the outline… | Read | |
| 99 | The gauge is now set to a distance a lit… | Read | |
| 100 | wards, and whatever is worth doing, is w… | Read | |
| 101 | two inches long from A to B, 3/8 of an i… | Read | |
| 102 | throughout), and are used by placing the… | Read | |
| 103 | surface of the edge of back from the gau… | Read | |
| 104 | position upon the surface of the breast,… | Read | |
| 105 | bar at the centre. The method alluded to… | Read | |
| 106 | makers, some preferring a half-mould, wh… | Read | |
| 107 | which the two inner halves are inserted,… | Read | |
| 108 | to set for several hours, after which th… | Read | |
| 109 | either in a clear fire or by the introdu… | Read | |
| 110 | placed with the level surface upon the s… | Read | |
| 111 | corner-blocks, and linings, having been… | Read | |
| 112 | ITS PRACTICAL CONSTRUCTION. | Read | |
| 113 | amateur gets baffled in his first attemp… | Read | |
| 114 | joint is such that the edge of the venee… | Read | |
| 115 | between the sides and the outer edge all… | Read | |
| 116 | is a small screw for adjusting the shoul… | Read | |
| 117 | the margin of the back and breast, the i… | Read | |
| 118 | end, 1 1/8 in. The nut; or small piece o… | Read | |
| 119 | pegs are afterwards accurately fitted to… | Read | |
| 120 | CHAPTER VI. | Read | |
| 122 | Now open the compass to 9 parts, place o… | Read | |
| 123 | parts, and trace the corners s s. Again,… | Read | |
| 124 | the sides are attached, the thickness mu… | Read | |
| 125 | THE BASS-BAR.—The bass-bar is 36 parts l… | Read | |
| 126 | ments displayed in the instruments of St… | Read | |
| 127 | Thus reason and experience lead us to su… | Read | |
| 128 | of the bridge that the body of the violi… | Read | |
| 129 | A violin always yields some tones more b… | Read | |
| 130 | instrument, which, being formed in a com… | Read | |
| 131 | with the following four members of the A… | Read | |
| 132 | made by anyone possessing the least mech… | Read | |
| 133 | in the middle. 5th. A screw is placed in… | Read | |
| 134 | CHAPTER VIII. | Read | |
| 135 | arching falling in gradual and beautiful… | Read | |
| 136 | and died in 1737. He appears to have com… | Read | |
| 137 | and we learn from Mr. Gardiner's "Music… | Read | |
| 138 | £300. Mr. Robertson of Ladykirk also pos… | Read | |
| 139 | working together for a number of years,… | Read | |
| 140 | very thin; the varnish, brilliant and el… | Read | |
| 141 | possesses a violin by the preceding arti… | Read | |
| 142 | from about 1685 to 1725. The violins of… | Read | |
| 143 | characterised by a change of model, as w… | Read | |
| 144 | struments by this maker—one of the small… | Read | |
| 145 | this violin was, strange to say, also in… | Read | |
| 146 | the instrument to which they refer. With… | Read | |
| 147 | instruments of this maker have been clas… | Read | |
| 148 | fame now victoriously crowns him with it… | Read | |
| 149 | The arching of the breast is very peculi… | Read | |
| 150 | upon the subject with his Lordship, he,… | Read | |
| 151 | sphere, and fascinated by the swift chor… | Read | |
| 152 | is of the utmost importance, at a modera… | Read | |
| 153 | playing, have the hair 25 1/2 inches lon… | Read | |
| 154 | aromatic smell, which stimulates the bra… | Read | |
| 155 | as the outer side will always retain its… | Read | |
| 156 | are inserted under two metallic hinges,… | Read | |
| 157 | remove all traces of soap, and then allo… | Read | |
| 158 | is termed brown or black rosin, and whil… | Read | |
| 159 | it is warm it is poured into paper mould… | Read | |
| 160 | favorite, the cat, but when or where thi… | Read | |
| 161 | simple construction, and the mechanism i… | Read | |
| 162 | in tune, consequently they stretch but l… | Read | |
| 163 | string to revolve, upon which the thin w… | Read | |
| 164 | wheel or pulley on which the string was… | Read | |
| 165 | If the first strings are very white, we… | Read | |
| 166 | the solution of the query as to the comp… | Read | |
| 167 | varnish. It is now generally admitted by… | Read | |
| 168 | proportion of oil, and a solvent capable… | Read | |
| 169 | therewith. From the few and hurried expe… | Read | |
| 170 | nymphs, or of the sisters of Phaeton. It… | Read | |
| 171 | in a close vessel. Amber, after having b… | Read | |
| 172 | ELEMI.—There are several varieties of th… | Read | |
| 173 | bleached-lac, and is now much used in th… | Read | |
| 174 | is a clear, limpid, and colourless fluid… | Read | |
| 175 | No. 6. | Read | |
| 176 | No. 5. | Read | |
| 177 | that every coating of varnish adds a per… | Read | |
| 178 | method they will be rendered clean, and… | Read | |
| 179 | depends upon the quality and fluidity of… | Read | |
| 180 | MISCELLANEA. | Read | |
| 181 | well dressed man, with a distinguished l… | Read | |
| 182 | circumspéct." The stranger went away, an… | Read | |
| 183 | on its back and rubbed its belly with a… | Read | |
| 184 | definite opinion; but the following extr… | Read | |
| 185 | seen his fiddle, or heard him play, to w… | Read | |
| 186 | of noble life, is something not very fre… | Read | |
| 187 | ALPHABETICAL LIST OF VIOLIN MAKERS. | Read | |
| 188 | LIST OF VIOLIN MAKERS. | Read | |
| 189 | CASTAGNERY, Jean Paul, Paris, 1640. A go… | Read | |
| 190 | maker, recommended by Otto. Mr. M'Donald… | Read | |
| 191 | Gilkes, Samuel, London, about 1800. A go… | Read | |
| 192 | LIST OF VIOLIN MAKERS. | Read | |
| 193 | fine-toned instrument. It bears the foll… | Read | |
| 194 | LIST OF VIOLIN MAKERS. | Read | |
| 195 | PANORMO; Vincenzio, Palermo 1750, Englan… | Read | |
| 196 | LIST OF VIOLIN MAKERS. | Read | |
| 197 | instrument made by this maker, which pos… | Read | |
| 198 | LIST OF VIOLIN MAKERS. | Read | |
| 199 | APPENDIX. | Read | |
| 200 | LIST OF VIOLIN SALES. | Read | |
| 201 | THE VIOLIN. | Read | |
| 202 | GENERAL INDEX. | Read | |
| 203 | INDEX. | Read | |
| 204 | INDEX. | Read | |
| 205 | Langspel described …………………… | Read | |
| 206 | INDEX. | Read | |
| 207 | Sound-posts, glass and cedar ………..… | Read | |
| 208 | INDEX. | Read | |
| 209 | INDEX. | Read |