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Excerpt from The Violin: A Condensed History of the Violin, Its Perfection and Its Famous Makers, Importance of Bridge and Sound-Post Arrangement To the Amateurs of the Leading Instrument - the Violin. For some years I have been occupied in forming a collection of Italian string instruments, and have succeeded, after great labor and expenditure, in bringing together the largest and most varied assortment of Cremona Violins, Violas, Viols d'amour and Violoncellos, including Stradiuarius, Guarnerius, Carlo Bergonzi, Amati, Guadagnini, Maggini, Rugeri, Montagnani, Grancino, Stainer, etc., etc.; also, Tourte and other bows that are to be found in this country. These I have placed on view at Andre's Music Store, 1228 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. The value of the instruments ranges from $100 to over $1000 each, and the aggregate value exceeds $10,000. Some of the instruments and bows are for sale. In giving publicity to the following few pages, I wish it to be understood that my object is to present, in a very condensed form, the History and description of the Violin - from the period when the bow was first introduced, to the time when both the Violin and bow were brought to perfection. I have only added what an experience of over 30 years taught me in that important part - the proper arrangement of Bar, Sound-Post, and Bridge. Any one desiring more information about the history of stringed instruments, I refer to the works of the following authors: - Fetis, Coussemaker, Savart, Otto, Hart, Abele, etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."