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The violin and the art of its construction. A treatise on the Stradivarius violin
Riechers, August, 1836-1893. Goettingen, F. Wunder, 1895.
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| 1 | This is a digital copy of a book that wa… | Read | |
| 2 | A. E. Fichencichan | Read | |
| 9 | PREFACE. | Read | |
| 10 | Index. | Read | |
| 11 | INTRODUCTION. | Read | |
| 12 | Bagatella" (Padua 1786) which has been p… | Read | |
| 13 | Being released from my apprenticeship at… | Read | |
| 14 | I. OF THE WOOD. | Read | |
| 15 | makers are always on hand to be selected… | Read | |
| 16 | III. THE RIBS (Fig. I. a). | Read | |
| 17 | have given the preference to a divided b… | Read | |
| 18 | lower edge of the back. No doubt, this v… | Read | |
| 19 | the bottom block, along the joint of the… | Read | |
| 20 | wood, with very evenly disposed grain, m… | Read | |
| 21 | 6 m/m. thick in the middle, decreasing i… | Read | |
| 22 | possible to achieve any success. The fix… | Read | |
| 23 | cut off the necks of hundreds of violins… | Read | |
| 24 | Great care must be taken in placing the… | Read | |
| 25 | the second; in the higher positions also… | Read | |
| 26 | longer than the length required, when in… | Read | |
| 27 | performers. I will endeavour to briefly… | Read | |
| 28 | 2 m/m. thick. The before-mentioned varia… | Read | |
| 29 | The feet of the bridge should stand exac… | Read | |
| 30 | less in diameter. It must also be shaped… | Read | |
| 31 | it having become a perfect passion with… | Read | |
| 32 | strings as strong as a full-sized violin… | Read | |
| 33 | probable that Stradivarius, in whose wor… | Read | |
| 34 | To one other point I should like to call… | Read | |
| 35 | that the interior had also received a co… | Read | |
| 36 | XXI. THE CLEANING AND CARE OF THE VIOLIN… | Read |