Scan 45
The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1pieces, bent to the required form by means of a heated iron; the linings, which are used to secure the back and belly to the sides, are twelve in number, sometimes made of lime tree, but also of pine; the bass, or sound-bar, is of pine, placed under the left foot of the bridge in a slightly oblique position, in order to facilitate the vibration by giving it the same position as the line of the strings. The old method was to insert it in an exactly straight position, but experience teaches that by this treatment the instrument is muted to some extent. The bar of the Violin not only serves the purpose of strengthening the instrument in that part where the pressure of the bridge is greatest, but forms a portion of the structure at once curious and deeply interesting; it may indeed be called the nervous system of the Violin, so exquisitely sensitive is it as to external touch. The slightest alteration in its position will effect such changes in the tone as often to make a good Violin worthless. Those troublesome notes technically known as "wolf notes" by its delicate arrangement are frequently totally removed, or the malaise is passed to intervals where the disagreeable sound is felt with less intensity. Numerous attempts have been made to reduce these features to a philosophy, but the realization of the coveted discovery appears as distant as ever. The most minute variation in the construction of the instrument necessitates a different treatment of this active agent as regards its conjunction with the bridge, and
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