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The Violin & Its Story: Or the History & Construction of the Violin, 1905
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1the Rebek. The finger-board is cylindrical in form, and it and the head are made from one piece of wood. The foot consists of a rod of iron, which goes through the interior of the body, and is fastened to the lower end of the finger-board. The instrument, while it is being played, rests on this foot. The Rebab had only one string, and was entirely used to accompany one or more voices.
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5THE REBEK, OR REBAB.
7While it is not our purpose to give further instances of instruments of the above class, it is at the same time to be remarked that in the writings on music which have come down to us from ancient oriental nations, we do not always find perfect agreement amongst them as to the descriptions or sketches of the instruments depicted in Figures 1, 2, 3. This, however, is not of any great importance, as it is sufficient for our purpose to demon-
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