Scan 19
The violin, its famous makers and their imitators, 1887
8 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1ment of the Madrigal in Italy—High standard of early Italian work, but under German teaching—The Viols of Brensius of Bologna—Silvestro Ganassi, his work on the Viol—Duiffoprugcar and Gasparo da Salò and the development of the Violin—The Fretted Finger-board—The Violono or Bass Viol—Five-stringed Viols—The three-stringed Fiddle, or Geige, attributed to Andrea Amati, altered by the Brothers Mantegazza to a four-stringed Violin—Advent of the four-stringed Violin ascribed to Gasparo da Salò … … … … …46—57
3SECTION II.—THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE VIOLIN.
4The present form of the Violin the result of much research and experiment, but perfected by the great Cremonese makers—Hogarth’s “Line of Beauty” exemplified in the Violin—The requisites necessary to the due appreciation of the grace and properties of the Violin, and its exquisite power of expression—Its acoustical properties—Varieties of woods used in its construction—Methods adopted, and choice of material, by the great Brescian and Cremonese makers—The “whole-back” and “slab-back”—The constituent parts of the Violin—System of placing the sound-bar—Properties and position of the sound-post, and of the bridge; the neck; the finger-board; purfling, &c., &c.—The sound-holes of different makers—Needed cautions as to repairing good instruments … … …58—70
6SECTION III.—ITALIAN AND OTHER STRINGS.
7Importance of the Strings in the economy of the Violin—Adrien Le Roy’s instructions “How to know Strings”—Thomas Mace and “Venetian Catlins”—Character of the different manufactures of Strings—Superiority of the Italian—The raw material not supplied by the feline race—Rules to be observed in choosing Strings—Modern improvements in Stringing—The strings of Lindley and Dragonetti—Covered Strings—Experiments on the strain and pressure of Strings … … … … … … …71—82
The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.