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The Violin: A concise exposition of the general principles of construction.., 1871
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1we advance. We take a violin, and pierce the belly at the point directly over the extremity of the post, so that the right foot of the bridge rests on this extremity without touching the belly at all; the sound is a little dull, but the effect of the post is produced. In another violin we isolate the left foot of the bridge, the bar being in the middle, the effect of the post is still manifested. To do this, we cut out a piece of the belly, and without allowing it to touch the belly of the instrument, maintain it in its place by a special contrivance; it supports the left foot of the bridge, which communicates in no manner with the belly. The effect of the bar is to produce throughout the violin the movement communicated to it by the bridge. It vibrates as a whole; there is no division in its length, nor in that of the belly. Thus to resume, we see that the post has three functions, 1st, It communicates the movement from table to table; 2nd, It renders the vibrations of the tables normal; 3rd, It renders the right foot of the bridge immovable. The post vibrates the belly as a whole, and whatever the original direction of the vibration is, it renders it normal in the two tables.
3Let us examine now the part played by the body of the instrument, which is composed of the belly, the back, the sides, and the corner-blocks. The back is always composed of beech or maple, as well as the sides; the belly of deal. Maple is preferable to beech for the back.
5We will now consider the body first in its simplest form. Let us suppose it to be rectangular, and we will
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