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The Violin: A concise exposition of the general principles of construction.., 1871
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1creased area and number of strings. An eminent Scottish amateur purchased a fine Stradivarius violin for one hundred guineas, but considering it of too large a pattern, he purposed diminishing its dimensions, and, at the suggestion of the celebrated performer, J. P. Salomon (who died in 1815), he practically carried out this experiment, and as a result, the instrument was irrecoverably injured, and was sold a few years afterwards for fifty-six pounds, a sum which was given perhaps more for the mere purpose of obtaining a Stradivarius, than from the changed and deteriorated quality of the instrument.
3CHAPTER II.
5THEORETICAL PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION.
7IN the violin the theory of construction, according to acoustical laws, is understood in a less degree than in any other musical instrument. In a purely elementary work like the present, space will not permit of entering into all the scientific details which have been at various times set forth, as tending to clear up this difficulty, neither would some of them be of much benefit; but those experiments of a leading character, and which are now known to be of the most advantage, those alone will the reader find the most generally useful.
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