Identifier: orchestraitsinst00sing (find matches)
Title: The orchestra and its instruments
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Singleton, Esther, d. 1930
Subjects: Orchestra Musical instruments
Publisher: New York : The Symphony society of New York
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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they took care ofhim. He made most of his instruments from 1560to 1610, when he died. His name is of great importance in the history ofthe violin. The violins of Gasparo di Salo are theearliest that are known. They are very rare, how-ever. The most famous di Salo was owned by OleBull, the great Norwegian violinist. It is now in theMuseum in Bergen, Norway. Instead of the ordinaryscroll it has an angels head, which is said to have beencarved by Benvenuto Cellini, the gifted silversmith. The violins of Gasparo di Salo are of somewhatlarge build with strong curves and varnished witha dark brown varnish; but their shape correspondslittle with that adopted by the great Italian makers.The middle bouts are cut very shallow; the cornersproject but little and are strongly rounded, whilethe sound-holes are large and parallel to each other —a feature which is peculiar to the Brescian School.Gasparo selected for his bellies wood of an extraor-dinary uniformity of regularity of grain. 1 1 Abele.
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VIOLIN By Gasparo di Said THE VIOLIN 23 By him the present form of the violin was definitelyfixed, as you will see by looking at the Gasparo diSaid facing page 22. His tenors and double-bassesare superior to his violins and are much sought after. Maggini was a native of Brescia and worked therefrom 1590 till 1632, when he is supposed to have diedof the Plague. His early violins resemble those ofGasparo di Said; but gradually the sound-holesgrow narrower and by the end of his life Magginiproduced violins that were pure in outline and beauti-fully finished. Moreover, they are famed for theirgrand, deep, melancholy tone. Maggini had learnedto be extremely careful in selecting the wood. Inearly days the Maggini bellies were cut across thegrain like Gasparo di Salos; but, after a while,Maggini cut with the grain like Amati. His sound-holes grew more delicate, but they were bevelledinwards (an idea that the Cremona makers rejected).Maggini violins are also distinguished for their clear,gold

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