{"product_id":"2940016766683","title":"The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • illustrations\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003ePART I. The History of the Bow.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003eORIGIN OF INSTRUMENTS. FRICTIONAL VIBRATION. THE BOW DISTINCT FROM THE PLECTRUM. THE TRIGONON. BOWING WITH VARIOUS OBJECTS.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II.\u003cbr\u003eORIENTAL ORIGIN OF THE BOW. INDIAN, CHINESE AND OTHER EASTERN BOWED INSTRUMENTS.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III.\u003cbr\u003eTHE CRWTH. FLEMING'S \"ETRUSCAN RAVANASTRON.\" THE MEDIÆVAL BOW. UNRELIABILITY OF EARLY DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURES.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV.\u003cbr\u003eTHE BEGINNINGS OF THE MODERN BOW. ORNAMENTATION. A POSSIBLE STRADIVARI BOW. THE MOVABLE NUT. THE CRÉMAILLÈRE. THE SCREW NUT.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V.\u003cbr\u003eVUILLAUME'S FACTS. THE FERRULE AND SLIDE. JOHN DODD.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI.\u003cbr\u003eDR. SELLÈ'S RECOLLECTIONS OF DODD. HIS WORK AND POVERTY. DODD AND TOURTE. THE CALCULATION OF FÉTIS AND VUILLAUME.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII.\u003cbr\u003eLUPOT. PECCATTE. SPURIOUS STAMPING. PANORMO. W. J. B. WOOLHOUSE'S CALCULATIONS.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII.\u003cbr\u003eA LIST OF BOW MAKERS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II. Bow Making.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX.\u003cbr\u003eMATERIALS. BRAZIL WOOD. HORSEHAIR. THE ACTION OF ROSIN.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X.\u003cbr\u003eQUALITIES ESSENTIAL IN A BOW MAKER. SHAPING THE STICK. SETTING THE Cambre. THE FACES. THE TRENCHES. THE NUT.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI.\u003cbr\u003ePOSSIBLE REPAIRS. SPLICING. RENEWING CUPS. RESTORING THE NUT. RE-FACING.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII.\u003cbr\u003eRE-LAPPING. RE-HAIRING. CHOICE OF ROSIN.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII.\u003cbr\u003eTHE PERFECTION OF THE MODERN BOW. DR. NICHOLSON'S PATENT BOW. VUILLAUME'S INVENTIONS. SELF-HAIRING BOWS. A FOLDING BOW. THE \"KETTERIDGE BOW.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III. The Art of Bowing.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIV.\u003cbr\u003eTHE UNDECIDED ASPECT OF TECHNIQUE. IMPORTANCE OF A KNOWLEDGE OF THE ANATOMY OF THE HAND. THE FUNCTION OF THE THUMB. INDIVIDUALITY IN TECHNIQUE.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XV.\u003cbr\u003eBOWING HISTORICALLY CONSIDERED. THE OLDEST ENGLISH VIOLIN METHOD. SYMPSON'S INSTRUCTIONS IN BOWING. THOSE OF MACE (1676). THOSE OF VARIOUS MODERN MASTERS.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVI.\u003cbr\u003eTHE FINGERS OF THE RIGHT HAND. DIFFERENCES OF OPINION THEREON. SAUTILLÉ. THE LOOSE WRIST.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVII.\u003cbr\u003eTHE IMPORTANCE OF THE SLOW BOW. THE RAPID WHOLE BOW. STACCATO. BOWING STUDIES AND SOLOS. CONCLUSION. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074519154928,"sku":"2940016766683","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016766683_p0.jpg?v=1763641059","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016766683","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}