# The orchestra and its instruments

Author: Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930

Genre: Category: Music

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73991

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+orchestra+and+its+instruments+Singleton&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

_Charm of the violin; voice of the violin; parts of the violin; construction of the violin; bridge, bass-bar and sound-post; ancestry of the violin; the vielle, or viole; evolution of the violin; corners and bouts; the sound-holes; birthplace of the violin; Brescia; Gasparo di Salò; Maggini and the characteristics of his violins; Efrem Zimbalist’s Maggini; Cremona; the Amati family and their violins; Antonio Stradivari; house of Stradivari described by Haweis; the Stradivari violin; the Guarneri; Joseph del Gesù; Carlo Bergonzi; Jacobus Stainer of Absam; importance of wood for violins; Joachim’s opinion of the Stradivari violin; strings of the violin; the fingerboard and “positions”; harm...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orchestra-and-its-instruments-73991/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orchestra-and-its-instruments-73991/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orchestra-and-its-instruments-73991/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orchestra-and-its-instruments-73991/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orchestra-and-its-instruments-73991/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orchestra-and-its-instruments-73991/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orchestra-and-its-instruments-73991/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orchestra-and-its-instruments-73991/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orchestra-and-its-instruments-73991/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orchestra-and-its-instruments-73991/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orchestra-and-its-instruments-73991/chapters/4/index.md)