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The Violin: A concise exposition of the general principles of construction.., 1871
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1the dimensions of the bar; for the stronger the bar the higher the tone, the sound lowering as the bar is decreased in dimensions, but the breast, when properly reduced, will originally give the note C♯; and if the other parts, as the f holes and bar have been proportionally and correctly formed, then will the breast give forth the same tone as previously, and those combined elements will thus harmoniously act as a whole.
3CHAPTER III.
5EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCHES UPON THE THEORY OF VIOLIN CONSTRUCTION, BY THE ILLUSTRIOUS SAVART, AS GIVEN IN THE FRENCH PAPER "L'INSTITUT."
7THE most beautiful of all instruments is the violin; it has been termed the king of instruments. It is composed of two plates or tables, the upper one of those is always of deal, strengthened by a longitudinal bar, the lower one always composed of a different wood from the upper is called the back. They are united round their edges by thin plates called the sides, strengthened by thin strips of wood termed the linings. There are also in the angles formed by the different parts of the sides small pieces of wood, destined to give solidity to the instrument, called corner-blocks. To the body of the instrument is attached, as every
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