A Treatise on the Structure and Preservation of the Violin and All Other Bow-Instruments: Together With an Account of the Most Celebrated Makers, and ... of Their Instruments (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The Manuel de Musique, by Choron and Lafage, and the Mam/net dxu Lulhier, by Mangin, give 24 pieces for the purfling. When, however, the strips of wood forming this ornament are three in number, and joined at the top and bottom of the back and belly on the line formed by the middle joint of those parts, instead of being carried round from corner to corner, as many as 36 pieces are employed. But some authors mention only two strips for the purfling, in which case the number of pieces would again be reduced to '24. See Welcker von Contershausen's New croflizetes Magazin musikalischer Tonwcr/c zeuge (frankfort a. M., p. 207. - Tr.

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