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The Violin: A concise exposition of the general principles of construction.., 1871
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1or opposite end. The bridge was made of a peculiar form, having one foot much longer than the other, which passed through one of the sounding holes, and rested on the inner surface of the back, whilst the shorter foot rested upon the breast as in the violin, being placed near to one of the circular openings. Two elongated openings were cut through the narrow end of the instrument parallel with the sides, to allow the thumb and fingers of the player to pass, whilst the solid piece left in the centre served as a hand, upon which was placed a finger-board. Six vertical holes were cut for the pegs near to the extremity of the instrument, and in a line with the outer edge, whilst the tail-piece was often made of different patterns, and attached in various ways to the breast. The bridge supporting the six strings was placed diagonally across the breast, four strings passing over the finger-board, whilst the remaining two were placed at some distance from the others, to the left of the finger board, and were intended to be played by the thumb. There were several methods of tuning the instrument, amongst which the two following may be mentioned:—
3STRINGS.
5EARLY METHOD. LATER METHOD.
7The Honorable Daines Barrington, in an interesting paper on the Crwth, presented to the London Anti-
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