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The violin : how to choose one
Honeyman, Wm. C. (William Crawford), 1845-1919. Edinburgh: Kohler & Son, 1893.
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| 3 | THE VIOLIN: | Read | |
| 4 | A VIOLIN PLAYER | Read | |
| 5 | THE VIOLIN: | Read | |
| 7 | PREFACE. | Read | |
| 9 | THE VIOLIN: | Read | |
| 10 | and yet be worth very little. There are… | Read | |
| 11 | 7 | leave the instrument and call in the aft… | Read |
| 12 | 8 | an old fiddle for sale in Nottingham, an… | Read |
| 13 | 9 | CHAPTER II. | Read |
| 14 | 10 | listeners sigh but Gold-Mounted Tone? Th… | Read |
| 15 | 11 | and makes their owner relax his senseles… | Read |
| 16 | 12 | perfect violins. Why did the Messie Stra… | Read |
| 17 | 13 | CHAPTER III. | Read |
| 18 | 14 | cessors of Gasparo da Salo, he has produ… | Read |
| 19 | 15 | Why one Violin Excels Another. | Read |
| 20 | 16 | their beautiful workmanship, though it w… | Read |
| 21 | 17 | together: it was solely in the wood. Nay… | Read |
| 22 | 18 | fore, who has the acumen to select wood… | Read |
| 23 | 19 | class violin by an honest British maker,… | Read |
| 24 | 20 | CHAPTER IV. | Read |
| 25 | 21 | soft and sticky that it is scarcely dry… | Read |
| 26 | 22 | Gilbert Graham, chemist, Girvan, Ayrshir… | Read |
| 27 | 23 | detect the smallest difference. I have g… | Read |
| 28 | 24 | sale; but Mr. Whitelaw's is quite equal… | Read |
| 29 | 25 | and a fine quality to the tone of a new… | Read |
| 30 | 26 | "4th. That it has always been amber with… | Read |
| 31 | 27 | entirely transparent, and of all shades… | Read |
| 32 | 28 | vicissitudes of time. Between 1740 and 1… | Read |
| 33 | 29 | CHAPTER V. | Read |
| 34 | 30 | such hits in there lives, and they are o… | Read |
| 35 | 31 | of the back and breast pressed outwards… | Read |
| 36 | 32 | detect the tubby tone, and, as a rule, i… | Read |
| 37 | 33 | the bow brings out one; a strong pressur… | Read |
| 38 | 34 | ment. To steep the whole violin bodily i… | Read |
| 39 | 35 | CHAPTER VI. | Read |
| 40 | 36 | ribs of the best of these out of an old… | Read |
| 41 | 37 | soft wood; thus a violin with a back and… | Read |
| 42 | 38 | easily, but can be graded into an infini… | Read |
| 43 | 39 | accused of favouritism, I have given a l… | Read |
| 45 | 41 | CHAPTER VII. | Read |
| 46 | 42 | mongrels is curious, and sometimes not s… | Read |
| 47 | 43 | I took it out of the case and tried the… | Read |
| 49 | 45 | CHAPTER VIII. | Read |
| 50 | 46 | themselves to search for the best kind,… | Read |
| 51 | 47 | can scarcely be described in words or we… | Read |
| 52 | 48 | to buy a really good violin, which I am… | Read |
| 53 | 49 | at it." I became convinced from that mom… | Read |
| 54 | 50 | CHAPTER IX. | Read |
| 55 | 51 | others, like an amateur of my acquaintan… | Read |
| 56 | 52 | is usually of an elastic nature sufficie… | Read |
| 57 | 53 | of Stradivarius, which sold steadily for… | Read |
| 58 | 54 | CHAPTER X. | Read |
| 59 | 55 | seen several of Tubb's bows, however, wh… | Read |
| 60 | 56 | player. Any kind of stick is good enough… | Read |
| 61 | 57 | annoyance. It was placed originally upon… | Read |
| 62 | 58 | thing prettier. The best substitute is a… | Read |
| 63 | 59 | doubled. The music would thus lie outsid… | Read |
| 64 | 60 | and the best First strings, named Neapol… | Read |
| 65 | 61 | CHAPTER XI. | Read |
| 66 | 62 | latter did not (so far as my own judgmen… | Read |
| 67 | 63 | teenth century men cannot improve. Stran… | Read |
| 68 | 64 | make one with a bad tone if they keep to… | Read |
| 69 | 65 | Now, affix the cramp as near to the tail… | Read |
| 70 | 66 | Next grasp the neck firmly, with the bot… | Read |
| 71 | 67 | and bowing on the lower end will be No.… | Read |
| 72 | 68 | and Nos. 2 and 5 are the same in reverse… | Read |
| 73 | 69 | Now, let him cut the f holes from the be… | Read |
| 74 | 70 | No. 11 is D, thus— | Read |
| 75 | 71 | by making the plates thicker. They may t… | Read |
| 76 | 72 | Second string. A Strad treated thus will… | Read |
| 77 | 73 | The notes of the breast, with the f hole… | Read |
| 78 | 74 | them by this test. When the first note w… | Read |
| 79 | 75 | There can now be no hiding of a particul… | Read |
| 80 | 76 | me one like those of Stradivarius or you… | Read |
| 81 | 77 | from the cheeks to the edges of the uppe… | Read |
| 82 | 78 | he can dissect, the character and body o… | Read |
| 83 | 79 | like a revolution in violin making. The… | Read |
| 84 | 80 | TO VIOLIN MAKERS. | Read |
| 85 | 81 | this question, having seen and carefully… | Read |
| 86 | 82 | AN ALPHABETICAL LIST | Read |
| 87 | 83 | BUCKMAN, George H., 2 Priory Grove, Dove… | Read |
| 88 | 84 | ERVINE, Robert, 39 Frank Street, Mountpo… | Read |
| 96 | 9th Edition, with 20 Engravings from Pho… | Read | |
| 97 | Twenty-First Edition, Now Ready. Full Mu… | Read | |
| 98 | Seventh Edition. Full Music Size. Price… | Read |
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