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The Violin: A concise exposition of the general principles of construction.., 1871
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1as the outer side will always retain its proper curve; whereas if only the inside of the stick has been heated, the inner woody fibres being in their normal condition, will always have an opposing resistance to the outside ones, and thus the bow will gradually be drawn from its finished curvature to its original form—a fact too well experienced in those bows which infest the shop windows of several of our cheap musical instrument dealers. Several important improvements in the bow have been effected through the exertions of M. Vuillaume. One convenience is that the hair maintains always a flat surface, from having each extremity inserted into a sort of tubular pliers, one of which fits into a pierced cavity in the head of the stick, and the other into the interior nut, the mechanism being exceedingly simple. Another excellent improvement to meet the changes of position of the hand of the player caused by the variations in the length, consequent upon the changes of distance effected by the different tensions from the nut screw, is obviated thus:—The nut is attached permanently to the stick, and is mortised out to receive an interior nut of brass, which advances and recedes within the permanent one by a screw—thus maintaining always a uniform distance between the head of the bow and the outside of the exterior nut. I must not omit herein to mention a simple and ingenious method of bow-hairing invented by Mr. Walker, late of Castle Newe, Aberdeenshire, a gentleman who possesses a large collection of violins, and who is also author of a Collection of Strathspeys and Reels. In this invention, the extremities of the hair
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