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Scan 77
The violin : how to choose one, 1893
16 lines. Read by computer on 28 September 2026. Printed page 73. See the scan on archive.org.
1The notes of the breast, with the f holes cut and no bass bar—
3The notes of the breast, with the bass bar on and the breast entirely finished—
5When the breast is finished outside, and the inside still flat wood and quite untouched, it gives this note—
7(Owing to its thickness it is a little hard to set into vibration.) The upper bouts, at the centre, give the same note. The back, at the same half-way stage of finish, gives this note—
9The centre of the lower bouts gives this combination, not as a chord, but one note coming easily and the other by more pressure on the bow—
11[I suggest that this example should be known as "Devoney's Modern Cremona."—W. C. H.]
13How to Distinguish Wood.
15Hard wood is usually high-toned wood; soft wood low-toned; but should the maker be in doubt he may distinguish
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