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The violin & its story : or the history & construction of the violin, 1905
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1drawn by some force to the positions a, c, b. As soon as the motive force is removed, the string, by virtue of its elasticity, seeks to resume its former position. The rapidity of its motion is greatest when it reaches the line a, f, b, and it cannot possibly come suddenly to rest at that point, but rebounds till it reaches the curve a, d, b, in which position its impulse in that direction stops. Its elasticity sets it once more in motion towards a, f, b, goes beyond it to a point on the side of the straight line, till its impulse is again exhausted; and so on, until the motive force imparted to the string at first is spent, when the string again rests at the straight line between a and b. This movement from the position a, c, b, to a, d, b, and back again, once, is called a swing, oscillation, or vibration, and the time which this one double movement takes is called the vibration period of the string.
3If we say that the note has 256 vibrations, we mean that a string which gives this note, makes 256 to-and-fro vibrations in a second, the second being the time by which the vibration number of any note is fixed.
5In a string used for the purpose of producing a sound, must be sought the conditions under which the pitch (height or depth), strength, and quality of the tone are determined.
7The pitch of a string depends on its length, thickness, weight and elasticity. The longer, thicker and heavier a string is, and the less elasticity it has, the deeper will be the note produced by it; on the other hand, if the string is to produce a high note, the shorter, thinner, lighter and more elastic it must be. To put it briefly—the pitch of a string's tone depends on its dimensions and its elasticity.
9All the more obvious facts about the vibrations of strings can be noticed by a careful observation of the stringed instruments in an orchestra. The viola, 'cello and double bass are all strung in a similar fashion to
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