Scan 16
The Violin & Its Story: Or the History & Construction of the Violin, 1905
36 lines. Read by computer on 25 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
3FRONTISPICE: JOSEPH GUARNERIUS VIOLIN. one of two readings
4FRONTISPIECE: JOSEPH GUARNERIUS VIOLIN. one of two readings
5TITLE PAGE: MEDIÆVAL FIDDLERS.
6RAVANASTRON …………………………………………….. 4
7OMERTI ……………………………………………………….. 5
8REBEK (ANCIENT) ………………………………………….. 6
9CROUTH—THREE-STRINGED ………………………………. 8
10CROUTH—SIX-STRINGED …………………………………… 11
11REBEK ……………………………………………………….. 13
12REBEK, FROM NOTKER'S "PSALM BOOK" ……………… 13
13VIOLIN OF THIRTEENTH CENTURY ……………………….. 15
14VIRDUNG'S "GREAT FIDDLE" ……………………………… 22
15" LITTLE FIDDLE" ………………………………………….. 24
16ANCIENT PRINT FROM HANS JUDENKÜNIG ……………….. 28
17TENOR GAMBA …………………………………………….. 30
18FORERUNNERS OF THE VIOLIN …………………………… 32
19VIBRATIONS OF STRINGS ………………………………….. 79
20HARMONICS …………………………………………………. 83
21COMBINATION TONES ………………………………………. 84 one of two readings
22COMBINATION TONES ……………………………………… 84 one of two readings
23TESTING STRINGS ………………………………………….. 92 one of two readings
24TESTING STRINGS ………………………………………… 92 one of two readings
25BAGATELLA'S MODEL ………………………………………. 101 one of two readings
26BAGATELLA'S MODEL ……………………………………… 101 one of two readings
27BRIDGE FROM SEVEN-STRINGED VIOL …………………….. 107
28" FIVE-STRINGED VIOL ……………………………………. 107
29" ANTON AMATI VIOLIN ………………………………….. 108
30" NICHOLAS AMATI VIOLIN ………………………………. 108
31STRADIVARIUS'S BRIDGE ………………………………….. 109 one of two readings
32STRADIVARIUS'S BRIDGE …………………………………. 109 one of two readings
33PROPER CURVE OF BRIDGE ……………………………….. 111
34SPOHR'S FINGER-BOARD ………………………………….. 111
35EVOLUTION OF THE BOW ………………………………….. 113
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