The Violin and the Art of its Construction
by August Riechers
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About this eBook
- Author
- Riechers, August, 1836-1893
- Title
- The violin and the art of its construction: a treatise on the Stradivarius violin
- Original Publication
- Germany: Franz Wunder,1895.
- Credits
- The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- ML: Music: Literature of music
- Subject
- Violin -- Construction
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 68575
- Release Date
- July 20, 2022
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE VIOLIN AND THE ART OF ITS CONSTRUCTION.
- 2.Untitled
- 3.PREFACE.
- 4.Index.
- 5.INTRODUCTION.
- 6.I. OF THE WOOD.
- 7.II. OF THE CONSTRUCTION.
- 8.III. THE RIBS (Fig. 1. a).
- 9.IV. THE BACK AND EDGES.
- 10.V. THE BELLY.
- 11.VI. THE ARCHING.
- 12.VII. THE PURFLING.
- 13.VIII. WORKING-OUT THE THICKNESSES OF THE BELLY AND BACK.
- 14.IX. THE F-HOLES.
- 15.X. THE BASS-BAR.
- 16.XI. THE HEAD OR NECK.
- 17.XII. THE DIMENSIONS, LENGTH OF NECK AND BODY.
- 18.XIII. THE FINGER-BOARD AND NUT.
- 19.XIV. THE POSITION OF THE NECK.
- 20.XV. THE TAIL-PIECE (Fig. 11).
- 21.XVI. THE PEGS.
- 22.XVII. THE BRIDGE (Fig. 10).
- 23.XVIII. THE SOUND-POST.
- 24.XIX. THE STRINGS.
- 25.XX. THE VARNISH.
- 26.XXI. THE CLEANING AND CARE OF THE VIOLIN.
- 27.XXII. THE BOW. — Transcriber’s Notes
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