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 . y japanned box with two openings on oppositesides, in one of which the gut strings, and in the other the coveredstrings, are kept, Mr. Hill has introduced a very neat andsensible string-box, which is a japanned tin box with a hingedlid, which just fits into the semi-circular division at the head ofa fiddle-case, and is divided into four compartments, to keepthe different strings separate. But ». b
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 . y japanned box with two openings on oppositesides, in one of which the gut strings, and in the other the coveredstrings, are kept, Mr. Hill has introduced a very neat andsensible string-box, which is a japanned tin box with a hingedlid, which just fits into the semi-circular division at the head ofa fiddle-case, and is divided into four compartments, to keepthe different strings separate. But ». better one still hasfollowed it, consisting of a round box with three movable trays,which lift out and keep the strings separate. Every case should contain a small strong pair of scissors, and FITTINGS AND APPLIANCES. 2(Tt a pair of long-pointed tweezers **s manipulating the stringsinside the peg box. An ingenious appliance, long in use in thefiddle-dealers workshop, but only just lately offered to thepublic by Mr. George Withers, is the peg-turner, that is, a largepeg-head, which is attached to a sort of oval box or bell, which,clasping the peg, turns it with irresistible force. It is recom-. Fio. 111.—Single Violin Case. mended for the use of ladies and persons with weak fingers, butis comparatively useless to the amateur, who can always havehis pegs refitted to make them turn quite easily. However, itis very useful for dealers, makers, and repairers, who constantlyhave many and very hard-set pegs to turn. They are soldneatly made in ebony and silver, but the practical amateur caneasily make one for himself out of any piece of hard wood.
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