Technical Schemas and Diagrams

Original Diagrams

The photographs illustrating the articles have been supplemented by over 300 original technical drawings developed by the editorial team to clarify procedures. Examples of these are displayed throughout the website.

Detailed Instrument and Bow Schemas

Two major articles of detailed instrument and bow schemas ensure the clear and precise use of technical terms throughout the publication and aim to provide a new international standard in terminology. The instrument schemas consist of 11 drawings on ten pages and the bow schemas consist of 17 drawings on six pages.

Instrument Schema 2: Top View of the Violin

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Instrument Schema 2: Top View of the Violin Instrument Schema 2: Top View of the Violin

Bow Schema 3: Butt End of Stick, with Frog and Button

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Bow Schema 3: Butt End of Stick, with Frog and Button Bow Schema 3: Butt End of Stick, with Frog and Button

Concordances of Instrument and Bow Terms

The instrument and bow schemas are accompanied by concordance tables that list the equivalents of all the terms in French, German, and Italian.

Instrument and Bow Documentation Diagrams

Two articles on the documentation of instruments and bows include systematic forms and are accompanied by detailed series of diagrams for recording measurements: 30 in the case of instruments and 13 for bows. These will allow makers, conservators, and scholars to establish exhaustive empirical descriptions by noting measurements directly in the appropriate circles on copies of the diagrams.

Instrument Documentation 1: Top Plate Dimensions

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Bow Documentation 4: Screw, Interior Frog Dimensions, and Pin Placement Bow Documentation 4: Screw, Interior Frog Dimensions, and Pin Placement

Bow Documentation 4: Screw, Interior Frog Dimensions, and Pin Placement

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Instrument Documentation 1: Top Plate Dimensions Instrument Documentation 1: Top Plate Dimensions

Combined, the schemas and documentation diagrams provide the most rigorous, complete, and standardized system available for the description and documentation of stringed instruments and bows.