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  2. Baroque violin - Wikipedia

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    Baroque violin. A Baroque violin is a violin set up in the manner of the baroque period of music. The term includes original instruments which have survived unmodified since the Baroque period, as well as later instruments adjusted to the baroque setup, and modern replicas. Baroque violins have become relatively common in recent decades thanks ...

  3. Bow (music) - Wikipedia

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    A bow maker or archetier typically uses between 150 and 200 hairs [4] from the tail of a horse for a violin bow. Bows for other members of the violin family typically have a wider ribbon, using more hairs. There is a widely held belief among string players, neither proven nor disproven scientifically, that white hair produces a "smoother" sound ...

  4. François Tourte - Wikipedia

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    Engraving of François Xavier Tourte, J. Frey, 1818. François Xavier Tourte (1747 – 25 April 1835) was a French bow maker who made a number of significant contributions to the development of the bow of stringed instruments, and is considered to be the most important figure in the development of the modern bow. Because of this, he has often ...

  5. History of the violin - Wikipedia

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    History of the violin. The violin, viola and cello were first built in the early 16th century, in Italy. The earliest evidence for their existence is in paintings by Gaudenzio Ferrari from the 1530s, though Ferrari's instruments had only three strings. The Académie musicale, a treatise written in 1556 by Philibert Jambe de Fer, gives a clear ...

  6. Arthur Bultitude - Wikipedia

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    Arthur Richard Bultitude (14 January 1908 – 1990) MBE was an English musical instrument bow maker, [ 1] who spent much of his life working as a craftsman for the firm of W.E. Hill & Sons. [ 2] Bultitude was brought to and introduced to the Hill shop by William Napier (father of Frank Napier another exceptional Hill bow maker) at the age of 14 ...

  7. Francesco Geminiani - Wikipedia

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    Francesco Geminiani. Francesco Xaverio Geminiani (baptised 5 December 1687 [1] – 17 September 1762) was an Italian violinist, composer, and music theorist. BBC Radio 3 once described him as "now largely forgotten, but in his time considered almost a musical god, deemed to be the equal of Handel and Corelli ".

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