Scan 31
The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
5 lines. Read by computer on 1 October 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 3. See the scan on archive.org.
1where of a bow prior to that of M. de Coussemaker's—a fact which certainly tends to strengthen the idea that the bow was introduced long after the sixth century.
3The Crwth has undergone many changes. Its earliest form is said to have consisted of a back and sound-board with holes for the hands to pass through, and to have been strung with three strings. M. de Coussemaker gives another form of Crwth of the thirteenth century from the Cathedral of Amiens, having six strings, an important improvement. In Worcester Cathedral, according to Carter's "Ancient Sculpture," there is the figure of an angel playing a Crwth of about the twelfth century, having five strings. The addition of one extra string a century later, as shown by M. de Coussemaker, is thus clearly distinguished. The number of strings on this rude instrument seems to have remained unaltered down to 1742, which is the date of the Crwth exhibited at the Special Exhibition of Ancient Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum, in 1872, by Mr. C. Wynne Finch, which has six strings, and measures 22 inches in length, 9 1/2 inches in width, and 2 inches in depth, the finger-board being 10 1/4 inches long. This is said to be the only specimen of the Crwth in existence, and to judge from its date the Welsh would appear to have used these instruments down to a comparatively recent period. The name Crwth was applied to instruments of the Violin class as late as the com- one of two readings
4The Crwth has undergone many changes. Its earliest form is said to have consisted of a back and sound-board with holes for the hands to pass through, and to have been strung with three strings. M. de Coussemaker gives another form of Crwth of the thirteenth century from the Cathedral of Amiens, having six strings, an important improvement. In Worcester Cathedral, according to Carter's "Ancient Sculpture," there is the figure of an angel playing a Crwth of about the twelfth century, having five strings. The addition of one extra string a century later, as shown by M. de Coussemaker, is thus clearly distinguished. The number of strings on this rude instrument seems to have remained unaltered down to 1742, which is the date of the Crwth exhibited at the Special Exhibition of Ancient Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum, in 1872, by Mr. C. Wynne Finch, which has six strings, and measures 22 inches in length, 9½ inches in width, and 2 inches in depth, the finger-board being 10¼ inches long. This is said to be the only specimen of the Crwth in existence, and to judge from its date the Welsh would appear to have used these instruments down to a comparatively recent period. The name Crwth was applied to instruments of the Violin class as late as the com- one of two readings
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