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The violin, how to make it, 1880
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1an arrow from heel to point, as observed by looking along its outer side. When the hair of the bow gets dirty, it may be readily cleaned by washing it with soap and water, after which it should be sponged with cold water to remove all traces of soap, and then allowed to dry. In conclusion, let the young and inexperienced amateur beware of buying any of the detestable rubbish so often palmed upon the unwary by disreputable dealers, at a favorite price af 7s. 6d., when, for the difference of a few shillings, he would have been enabled to purchase one by an eminent maker, from a respectable house, and which would have proved serviceable to him, instead of the former foreign and worthless toy, which was made for the mere purpose of finding its way into the market, or mart of the cheat, there to be sold at a price exceeding six times its original cost.
3THE ROSIN.
5COMMON ROSIN, COLOPHONY.—A short description of this substance may prove interesting, as, to the Violinist, this forms an article of indispensable necessity. Rosin is the residue left in the vessels after the distillation of turpentine, and is used by the druggist in the manufacture of some of his ointments, by the colorman in his varnishes, the shoemaker and saddler in their wax, in the yellow soaps of the soap-maker, and to a small extent by the perfume-maker; whilst it is extensively employed by the wholesale manufacturer in extacting the various oily bodies which it produces by destructive distillation, and which are extensively used in the arts. Its specific gravity averages about 1·080, it softens at 160°, and enters into fusion at 275°. When the common rosin, which always contains water, is deprived of this by fusion, it is termed brown or black rosin, and whilst still fluid, if agitated with about one-eighth part of water, and dried, it forms the yellow rosin of the chemist. The bleaching of common rosin has been often attempted, but with unsuccessful results, but latterly the patented process of Hunt & Pochin has enabled the soap and varnish-makers to obtain it of an almost transparent white.
7The following is a short description of the process:—Ordinary rosin is placed in a suitable vessel, and then melted,
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