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The Violin: A concise exposition of the general principles of construction.., 1871
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1on its back and rubbed its belly with a stick, and och, St. Patrick! how it did squale."
3Sheer Strength.—Ole Bull was once seeing the sights at Donnybrook Fair, when he was attracted by the sound of a very loud violin in a tent. He entered and said to the player, "My good friend, do you play by note?" "The divil a note, sir." "Do you play by ear, then?" "Never an ear, your honour." "How do you play then?" "By main strength, be jabers, rejoined Pat.
5Sound-Post.—Sound-posts made from glass tubes have been held in high estimation by several violinists, and another ancient form of sound-post has been lately re-adopted and highly extolled, as giving superior results to the one in common use, but this is very doubtful. The following is the method of making this latter form of sound-post. Drill a longitudinal hole through a square, clean piece of cedarwood, about 1/8 of an inch in diameter; now drill a number of holes crossways through two opposite sides, so as to have a space of about half an inch between each; then, in the other two sides of the square, drill a number of holes of the same size as the preceding, so as to pass through about the middle of the former spaces, in a direction thus crossways to the others; now reduce and cut the post to its proper dimensions, having the ends pierced, and fit to the violin in the usual manner.
7Bass-Bar.—A new and original form of bass-bar has been lately introduced by Mr. Walker (late of Donside). Having as yet had no opportunity of deciding upon its merits, the author hazards no
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