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The Violin: A concise exposition of the general principles of construction.., 1871
4 lines. Read by computer on 28 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
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3Sheep of a small size, which have been fed upon dry, mountainous pasture, are those preferably selected by the string manufacturer. The finest Italian strings are made from the intestines of the lamb, or those sheep which have been killed during their first year's growth. When the sheep have been slaughtered and whilst still warm, the small intestines are carefully taken out by the workmen and cleaned. In this operation the intestines are steeped in cold soft water, for a period varying from 12 to 24 hours, during which time the water is several times changed, after which they are subjected for several hours to a current of hot water, which tends to separate the muscular membrane from its skinny and mucous coatings. Those coatings are afterwards roughly removed by the scraper, when the remaining muscular membranes are repeatedly cleaned and soaked in an alkaline solution, this latter operation occupying several days. The membranes now having been thoroughly cleaned, are arranged according to their size and quality. Those of the largest and most irregular dimensions are split and made uniform in diameter, after which the whole are carefully assorted into separate bundles, each lot corresponding with the No. of string it may be intended for in the subsequent process, viz., that of spinning. Manual labour is frequently employed in this, as well as the subsequent operations of finishing and wire covering, but in the larger manufactories this is now supplanted by steam motive power. The spinning wheels are of
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