Violin-making, as it was and is : being a historical, theoretical, and practical treatise on the science and art of violin-making, for the use of violin makers and players, amateur and professional . ke to the amateur and the professional. Isay the few, for though the name of the fiddle-makers is Legion,they mostly followed the principles of their Uiiefs, and it is onlynecessary to notice these great originals. For classification ofnames and biographical details I must refer our readers to Mr,Harts work,1 and for any one who requires a complete list ofViolin-makers, I recommend the alphabetica
Violin-making, as it was and is : being a historical, theoretical, and practical treatise on the science and art of violin-making, for the use of violin makers and players, amateur and professional . ke to the amateur and the professional. Isay the few, for though the name of the fiddle-makers is Legion,they mostly followed the principles of their Uiiefs, and it is onlynecessary to notice these great originals. For classification ofnames and biographical details I must refer our readers to Mr,Harts work,1 and for any one who requires a complete list ofViolin-makers, I recommend the alphabetical list in the Appendixto Davidsons work, The Violin,2 and the Tables of Diehl3 andor That the technical terms used in the fol- 1 G. Hart, The Violin, its famous Makers and their Imitators (London,1875 ; 2nd edition, 1884 : Dulau & Schott. Popular edition, 8vo, 1880). 1 P. Davidson, The Violin, its Construction Theoretically and PracticallyTreated (London, 4th Edition, 1881, p. 228). * N. L. Diehl, Die Geigenmacher der Alten Italienischen Schule, etc.(Hamburg, 186C). 4 F. Niederheitmann, Die Meister der Geigenbaukunst in Italien und TyxolMJVienna and Hamburg, (1876!).. FRONT BACK Fib. 39.—Diagram explaining technical terms used to denote the various parts of the , Scroll; b, cheeks of the scroll; c, peg box; d, pegs; k, finger-board; f, neck;©, button; h, belly; i, back; J, purfling; x, edges projecting over sides (or ribs),[upper bouts, centre (or middle) bouts, and lower bouts J ; l, corners ; $i, centre (inner,or middle) bouts; n, // holes; o, bridge; v, tail-piece; q, tail-pin and rest; a, lowerbouts; s, nut; t, shoulder; u, eyes of scroll. BIOGRAPHICAL. 71 lowing chapters may be fully understood, I have given in Fig. 39,on a tolerably large scale, diagrams of the front and back of theviolin, showing its different parts, and the names that are appliedto them. These diagrams will sufficiently explain their purposewithout further description. T
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