jan 1, 1740 - Robert Crome

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THE FIDDLE NEW MODEL'D OR A USEFUL INTRODUCTION TO THE VIOLIN
Appoggiare il mento sul violino " la maniera migliore di renderlo stabile"
Take the Fiddle and hold it in your Left Hand, let the Neck lie between your fore Finger and Thumb, turning your Wrist, that your Fingers may lie over the Finger Board to be in readyness when you want them; then let the back part rest
on your left Breaft, the best way is to stay it with your Chin , that it may remain steady, hold your Bow with your right Hand near the Nut, with your fingers and Thumb without touching the Hair, and when you draw the Bow downward,
and upwards, take care you don't let your Bow Hand come too near the Fiddle, but rather piay, with the small end of the Bow, unless it be to lengthen out a long Note.
ed 1740, p.34

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