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The Violin: A concise exposition of the general principles of construction.., 1871
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1in tune, consequently they stretch but little. Twisted silk 1st strings are generally rough, and contain a number of silk filaments which project from the surface of the string, causing often a harshness in the sounds emitted. This defect may be remedied thus:—Pour a small quantity of strong spirits into a shallow vessel, as a saucer, and light it, then draw the whole length of the string evenly and quickly over the flame of the spirits, which will consume all the outstanding filaments, after which rub the string several times with a piece of gauze or taffeta. By this operation the string is rendered more elastic, and the tone is much improved.
3COVERED STRINGS are formed from gut or silk, and have a covering of fine wire wound round their surface, which augments their mass. This wire is made of copper, silver, gold, or platina, as the case may be. Common violin fourth strings are made of gut, upon which is twisted a covering of fine silvered copper wire, but for the execution of violin solos upon the fourth string, silver wire is substituted, which is generally of remarkably fine quality, and wound so close and equal as to be scarcely perceptible. In small manufactories the strings are covered by means of a small wheel, driven by hand, in the surface of which a small hook is inserted, for the purpose of holding one end of the string, whilst the other is fixed to a swivel. Another string is attached to this swivel, which passes over a pulley, and has a weight suspended, which keeps the string to be covered at a proper stretch; the wheel is turned, causing the
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