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The Violin: A concise exposition of the general principles of construction.., 1871
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1stringed instruments, including the violin, No. 7450, October 20, 1837. In 1852, R. H. Brooman patents an improvement in the violin and other similar instruments, by a contrivance for lengthening or shortening the strings, by a double finger board and keys, No. 567, October 29; whilst in 1854, W. E. Newton claims an improvement of tone in the violin, by the insertion of a horn or trumpet into the body of the instrument, No. 186, January 25; whilst an invention for attaining a similar effect is claimed by G. Jacque in 1856, by placing a box, containing a number of strings, in the interior of the violin, No. 1684, July 17. A violin, in which a small frame is inserted between the back and breast, as a substitute for a sound post, by which means the sound of the instrument can be modified, was invented and claimed provisional protection in 1857, by De Laphaleqûe, No. 2373, September 12; whilst an improvement for increasing the volume and richness of tone, by grooving the back and breast, was patented in 1858 by John Robertson, No. 2587, November 17; and on December 9, H. Bell has a specification for the improvement of the violin, by the insertion of a glass elliptical chamber into the body of the instrument, No. 2823; and a modification of the above by the same gentleman is specified in 1866, No. 207, August 13. Improvements respecting the finger board and other parts of the instrument may be seen by obtaining the following descriptions of patents:—1776, December 7, No. 1140, by Charles Claggett; 1802, March 24, No. 2594, by Peter Litherland; 1811, April 24, No. 3436, by William Bundy; 1827, August 1,
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