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The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use, by
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Title: The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III.
Author: Henry Saint-George
Release Date: June 13, 2009 [EBook #29112]
Language: English
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"THE STRAD" LIBRARY, No. III. THE BOW, ITS HISTORY, MANUFACTURE AND USE
BY
HENRY SAINT-GEORGE
ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR
THIRD EDITION
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1922.
PREFACE.
It has always appeared to me a curious thing that the bow, without which the fiddle could have no being, should have received so scant attention, not alone from the community of fiddlers, but also from writers on the subject. I only know of one book in which the subject is adequately handled. Out of every twenty violinists who profess to some knowledge of the various types of Cremonese and other fiddles of repute and value, barely t
The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use
by Henry Saint-George