Excerpt from Violin-Making, as It Was and Is: Being a Historical, Practical and Theoretical Treatise on the Science and Art of Violin-Making, for the Use of Violin Makers and Players, Amateur and Professional The History of the Violin, and other Instruments played on with the Bow, ' etc., by William Sandys and Simon Andrew Forster (london Smith. 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.