Ole Bull, a memoir . Fig. 6. said that he looked forty feet high. Mr. Bull, whohas been thought to resemble the great statesman inpersonal appearance, makes somewhat the same im-pression on the spectator when he reaches his highestnotes. Involving, as these notes do, fingering in thd 340 APPENDIX. highest fourth of the board, it becomes necessary forthe musician to elevate the whole instrument, since itis simply steadied against the neck by the thumb, asmay be seen in the cut; and by the time the highestnote is reached, the grand proportions of the Viking J0^. Fig. 7. have towered to their utm
Ole Bull, a memoir . Fig. 6. said that he looked forty feet high. Mr. Bull, whohas been thought to resemble the great statesman inpersonal appearance, makes somewhat the same im-pression on the spectator when he reaches his highestnotes. Involving, as these notes do, fingering in thd 340 APPENDIX. highest fourth of the board, it becomes necessary forthe musician to elevate the whole instrument, since itis simply steadied against the neck by the thumb, asmay be seen in the cut; and by the time the highestnote is reached, the grand proportions of the Viking J0^. Fig. 7. have towered to their utmost height. To one who hasseen Mr. Bull at such a time this will not, I am sure,seem an exaggeration. The last diagram (Fig. 7) is appended simply to showthe reverse of Fig. 6. It is a well known fact that playing on the violin APPENDIX. 34I develops the muscles of the arms and chest to a mostremarkable extent. It is a matter of some interest toinquire what effect, in the case of Mr. Bull, a lifelongpractice on the instrument has had. I append thp sub-joined measurements which I took from this chest measure over nipples was forty-two incheson full inspiration. On forced expiration the measure-ment was thirty-nine inches. The measurement fromthe middle of the top of breast-bone to tip of shoulderwas the same on both sides, namely, ten inches. It iswell known that there is a normal difference betweenthe right and left sides of the body. Note. — As Dr. Crosbys paper is unfinished, we appendto it a letter from the celebrated Tartini, which
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