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The Violin: A concise exposition of the general principles of construction.., 1871
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1INDEX.
3Benzoin or Benjamin, description of . . . . 166
4Bow, the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
5Bow, early forms of the . . . . . . . . . . . 146
6Bows, prices of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
7Bows, sizes of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
8Bows, Vuillaume's improvements in . . . . . 150
9Bows, Walker's improvements in . . . . . . . 150
10Bows, woods used in formation of . . . . . . 148
11Bow-saw * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
12Box-fiddle of Savart * . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
13Box-fiddle of Savart, chief features of . . . 127
14Box-fiddle of Savart not superior from form . 120
15Brazil-wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
16Breast, graduation of . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
17Breast; mathematical proportions of . . . . 119
18Breast, thickness of in Savart's fiddle . . . 122
19Bridge, experiments upon . . . . . . . . . . 61, 62, 122
20Bridge, mathematical proportions of . . . . 120
21Callipers, forms of * . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
22Canada-balsam, description of . . . . . . . . 166
23Catgut, erroneous idea regarding . . . . . . 154
24Chanot's violin, particulars of . . . . . . . . 127
25Contre-bass, observations upon . . . . . . . . 69
26Copal, description of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
27Copying violins, inutility of . . . . . . . . . 36
28Corner-blocks, sizes of . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
29Covered-strings, details of . . . . . . . . . . 157
30Covering strings, patents for . . . . . . . . . 158
31Cramps for uniting neck * . . . . . . . . . . 108
32Cremona, situation of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
33Cremona varnish, an oil one . . . . . . . . . 162
34Cremona varnish considered . . . . . . . . . . 161
35Cremona violins in Edinburgh in 1700 . . . . 28
36Crwth or Crowd, British, dimensions of . . . 14
37Crwth, earliest mention of . . . . . . . . . . 13
38Crwth, methods of tuning . . . . . . . . . . . 15
39Curves of gouges, forms of * . . . . . . . . . 95
40Deal, fibrous nature, advantages of . . . . . 57
41Deal, why employed for breast . . . . . . . . 56
42Details of mathematical modelling . . . . . . 117
43Different parts in violin . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
44Dimensions, Savart's, various modes of obtaining . 74
45Dodd family, bows of the . . . . . . . . . . . 147
46Dodd the elder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
47Draw-tool for hollowing * . . . . . . . . . . . 95
48Early bow instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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