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Violins and other stringed instruments : how to make them ; with numerous engravings and diagrams, 1906
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1VIOLINS
2AND OTHER
3STRINGED INSTRUMENTS.
5CHAPTER I.
6MATERIALS AND TOOLS FOR VIOLIN-MAKING.
8The early chapters of a handbook on the making of stringed musical instruments must almost of necessity be devoted to the violin, which takes pre-eminence, of course, of all other instruments of its class. While it is not the present purpose to trace the history of the violin, it must yet be said that the instruments which came from the workshops of the Cremonese masters, some 300 years ago, have not been surpassed, probably not even equalled, by any which have since been made. Although the science of acoustics has kept pace with other branches of knowledge, the efforts of the great masters have not been improved upon, and the best results in violin making have been obtained by following as closely as possible the lines laid down by the Cremonese makers during the seventeenth century. Though opinions differ as to the relative merits of the various outlines and models, it will be taken for granted here that the outline, measurements, and f holes of the "Stradivarius" are the best (see Fig. 1), and accordingly the necessary diagrams and patterns used in making an instrument of this class will be given, together with all needful instructions on the methods of using tools and materials.
10The very best material is a necessity in making a good violin. Notwithstanding all the arguments in
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