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The Violin: A concise exposition of the general principles of construction.., 1871
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1the vibrations of the other parts of the instrument. The mute arrests its oscillations, and no longer produces the vibration of the belly. If we clamp the right foot of the bridge the sound is weakened, but not to so great an extent as with a mute. On the other hand, if we repeat the experiment with the left foot, which ought to communicate its movement to the bar, the sound is incomparably weaker. It is evident that the left foot of the bridge produces the shocks which occasion the movement of the bar and of the belly. The right foot, as we have seen, is rendered immovable by the post.
3Neck.—The form of the neck and the nature of the wood employed have great influence upon the quality of a violin. If the wood is too hard or too soft, the quality of the sounds is considerably changed. Perrot states in his treatise on singing, that if the strings of a lute are attached to a support, the sounds lose greatly in power. We must remark, however, that this would have less influence in the violin, where the action of the bow is constant, and not instantaneous, as in lutes and guitars. Nevertheless, let us examine the species of modification that the sound of a violin will undergo if the neck is detached, and rendered independent of the body of the instrument. A violin is fixed in a vice, and the neck is separated from it as well as the part to which the strings are attached; the bridge rests on the body of the instrument, but the points to which the strings are attached have no communication with it. The apparatus is now put into vibration, and the sound is still found to have considerable intensity;
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