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The violin, how to make it
Master of the Instrument. Boston: C.W. Story, 1880.
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49 pages read (scans 2 to 147)1 name found1 maker on this site cites it
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| 2 | DANCLA'S | Read | |
| 9 | THE VIOLIN. | Read | |
| 10 | 4 | the Violin. The Ravanastron and Rouana a… | Read |
| 11 | 5 | form somewhat resembling the common viol… | Read |
| 12 | 6 | European instrument, although certainly… | Read |
| 13 | 7 | prolongation of that part of the instrum… | Read |
| 14 | 8 | The Honorable Daines Barrington, in an i… | Read |
| 15 | 9 | board of the viol was fretted for the pr… | Read |
| 16 | 10 | ment of the eighteenth century, and whic… | Read |
| 17 | 11 | has been dug from the Oriental mines. Th… | Read |
| 18 | 12 | comparison, D and Orange are each 89; E… | Read |
| 19 | 13 | generally and childishly believed in, vi… | Read |
| 20 | 14 | representations certainly possess a clos… | Read |
| 21 | 15 | but from other sources, we are inclined… | Read |
| 22 | 16 | In 1505 a "hielan fithelar" is spoken of… | Read |
| 23 | 17 | author, about the same date, we learn th… | Read |
| 24 | 18 | him hear my band of Violinists which was… | Read |
| 25 | 19 | I assure you that they drink their crown… | Read |
| 26 | 20 | Claviol, or Keyed Violin. In 1800 this g… | Read |
| 27 | 21 | lengthening or shortening the strings, b… | Read |
| 28 | 22 | Violin for one hundred guineas, but cons… | Read |
| 29 | 23 | form color, which, by motion, give off t… | Read |
| 30 | 24 | ance of action with design. Other makers… | Read |
| 31 | 25 | blade of an oar is thinned away and a fl… | Read |
| 32 | 26 | who also combined his theory with practi… | Read |
| 33 | 27 | mencement of forming a back or breast, a… | Read |
| 34 | 28 | a judicious difference in wood and tone,… | Read |
| 66 | 60 | "By the sweet muse of music I could vow | Read |
| 67 | 61 | <table> | Read |
| 68 | 62 | and tail-piece, of ebony. Those are the… | Read |
| 81 | 75 | quality of wood used in the construction… | Read |
| 82 | 76 | to curvature on a hot iron, and glueing… | Read |
| 83 | 77 | shape. Fig. 16 represents another and be… | Read |
| 84 | 78 | good instruments varies, the narrowest p… | Read |
| 89 | 83 | by paring off a small portion, if it is… | Read |
| 90 | 84 | to be placed. This tool may be made from… | Read |
| 91 | 85 | spaces, and the groove cut to such lines… | Read |
| 99 | 93 | Now we also know that the back or under… | Read |
| 119 | 113 | The following is a copy of the label on… | Read |
| 126 | 120 | century the bow arrived at great perfect… | Read |
| 127 | 121 | should balance at 6 3/4 in. from the nut… | Read |
| 128 | 122 | are to be found, hence this alone tends… | Read |
| 129 | 123 | to the head, the other to the nut. The f… | Read |
| 130 | 124 | an arrow from heel to point, as observed… | Read |
| 131 | 125 | and whilst fluid, steam, carbonic acid,… | Read |
| 140 | 134 | the translucency and transparency in the… | Read |
| 141 | 135 | pieces have the most value, as the clear… | Read |
| 146 | 140 | color is produced, or a small quantity o… | Read |
| 147 | 141 | brush over one part only once at a time,… | Read |
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