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Violins and other stringed instruments : how to make them ; with numerous engravings and diagrams, 1906
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1specialist some years ago. It embodies several distinct improvements over the usual type, foremost among which are the greater area of the "tables," or sound-boards, which, of course, admits of a far greater volume of sound, not, however, at the expense of any of the pure, distinctive tones peculiar to the zither. Then, again, the strings are affixed by means of pins, as in the guitar, this enhancing the appearance, and the attachment of the tail-piece to the belly is by some supposed to improve the tone also. The Arion is played in the same way as the ordinary zither, and anyone capable of building a
3Fig. 152.—Arion Zither. Fig. 153.—Harp Zither.
5zither of the usual shape would have no great difficulties to contend with in the construction of the Arion.
7Allied to the Arion is the harp zither (two forms of which are illustrated by Figs. 153 and 154). This form of the zither was originally designed to accommodate a large number of supplementary bass and contra-bass strings, but such additional strings are of very limited use; still, the extremely elegant design might be followed to advantage, especially as it presents no insuperable obstacles to the constructor.
9Zither instruments of the viol class are shown by
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