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 (14782065522)

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Title: 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
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Heron-Allen, Edward, 1861-1943
Subjects: Violin Violin
Publisher: London : Ward, Lock
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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een spared the chisel intheir infancy (Ilaud inscius ac non incautus futuri!) have amuch better chance of maturing to perfection than weaker ones.The great thing is to avoid extremes. If too thin, the tone ofthe fiddle will be weak and feeble ; if too thick, the result will bea sluggish, dull tone ; in fact, the elasticity of the deal, and therapidity with which it transmits sound, will be neutralized bythe quantity of it which has to be put into vibration. It is inthe adjustment and regulation of these thicknesses that the truetalent of fche fiddle-maker asserts itself, or is conspicuous by itsabsence. In high breasted models (like the German, for THE BACK; BELLY, AND SIDES. 141 instance) the consequently necessary thinning out of the woodunder the finger-board causes such a weakness at this point,that the neck is very apt to be dragged forward by the strings,the wood of the belly not being strong enough to resist thepressure at this point, and good tone is rendered an impossibility.
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Pig. 80.—Diagram of a well-seasoned back, with thicknesses in fractions of an inch. To obviate the difficulty of these variations in the quality of thewood, and the obscurity which would be involved in a longverbal description, and to serve as a guide for the amateurfiddle-maker, I have obtained a back and belly from well-madeviolins, which I have very carefully gauged all over, and made UZ VIOLIN-MAKING : AS IT WAS AND IS. maps of (reproduced in Figs. 80 and 81), with imaginary lines onthem, to denote where the thicknesses merge into one another,as tar as it is possible to determine those boundaries ; and I