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THE VIOLIN AND THE ART OF

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ITS

CONSTRUCTION.

Treatise on the Stradivarius Violin by

AUGUST RIECHERS, Bow and

[Copyright of the

Violin Maker.

German and English

With four lithographed

Editions.]

plates.

GOETTINGEN. CARL SPIELMEYER'S NACHFOLGER.

FRANZ WUNDER. 1895. Copyright entered at Stationers Hall, London.

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his highly revered Friend

DR. this

and Patron

JOSEPH JOACHIM work

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humbly dedicated by

THE AUTHOR.

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PREFACE. THE highly esteemed author of -this treatise, a renowned violin maker and clever repairer, of "old instruments, having been denied the pleasure of publishing the same himself, death intervening on January 4th, 1893, his work on the violin and the art of

with his

its

construction

is

now

published,

in

accordance

last wishes.

This treatise professionals

will,

no doubt, be

and amateurs

such work has yet

been

alike,

as

published

all

to

the

more welcome

my

treating

to

knowledge no the

subject in

such an able and thorough manner.

May, therefore, the valuable labours of the deceased author meet with that universal acknowledgment, which in a very high degree they deserve.

Gottingen,

April 1895.

The

Editor.

Index. Introduction I.

II.

The Ribs

VI.

The Back and Edges The Belly

VI. VII. VIII.

IX.

X. XI. XII. XIII.

XIV.

XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII.

XIX.

XX. XXI. XXII.

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