If an old bow has become slightly twisted, which may happen with bows of the best make, this fault can be rectified by cautiously bending it back to its original form over a charcoal fire, and the bow will regain its former elasticity.
If any of my readers desire to study more closely the history of stringed instruments, I can recommend to them very highly the work upon the subject from the pen of Julius Rühlmann.
Göttingen, Druck der Dieterich’schen Univ.-Buchdruckerei von W. Fr. Kästner.
Transcriber’s Notes
The figures referenced throughout the text are not present in the original English edition. You can find them in the original German Die Geige und ihr Bau on [Google Books].
The numbering of the chapter on the back and edges was corrected to IV. instead of VI. in the [table of contents].
[Page 10]: “intsrument makers” changed to “instrument makers”
[Page 28]: “My opininon” changed to “My opinion”
[Page 34]: “opon this master-piece” changed to “upon this master-piece”