=The Strings.= By this is usually meant the violins, violas, ’cellos and double basses collectively. The Germans use the term “bowed instruments,” which is better than “the strings,” seeing that the guitar, harp, piano, etc., are stringed instruments. Another German authority claims that an accurate description is “bow-stringed instruments.” =The Violin= is constructed of fifty-seven different pieces of wood, which are glued together, the most numerous of these parts being the linings and purfling. Its movable fittings (bridge, pegs, etc.) number thirteen, making in all seventy different parts. =François Francœur= (1715). This French composer and violinist is said to have used the thumb in playing the violin, so as to produce certain chords, as is done in ’cello playing. =Lute.= An old instrument whose descendants are the guitar and mandoline. The chiterna (citerne) was of the same order. =Theorbo= belongs to the lute family. It was a bass instrument, and had a double neck with two sets of strings. =Taille.= An alto oboe (J.S. Bach). Sometimes used to describe the viola. =Urh-heen.= The Chinese violin. It differs very much from the European instrument, has a different bow, and no fingerboard. =Viola-pomposa.= A kind of small violoncello, invented by J.S. Bach. =Rebec.= Probably the oldest stringed instrument played with a bow. Whether Spain got it from Arabia, or _vice versâ_, is a yet unsettled historical point. Index. Academy of Ancient Music, 21 Amati, 6, 209 American School of Music, 126 Arensky, 169, 240 Bach, John Sebastian, 5, 22, 38, 39, 107, 145, 162, 213 —— Philipp E., 22, 39, 216 —— Friedrich, 217 Bache, F.E., 196, 233 —— Walter, 197 Balfe, M.W., 193, 227 Baltzar, (violinist), 12 Banister, John, 13, 16, 211 Bargiel, W., 194 Baryton, 57 Bassett, 246 Beethoven, 39, 49, 52, 62, 65, 71, 74, 77, 85, 92, 98, 101, 104, 106, 114, 121, 144, 145, 146, 182, 183, 190, 222 Belaieff, 162, 163 Bennett, Joseph, 131, 233 —— Sterndale, 195, 197, 230 Berens, H., 201 Berger, W., 201 Boccherini, 39, 63, 219 Bohemia, 123 Borwick, Leonard, 241 Brahms, 32, 52, 101, 105, 109, 110, 124, 146, 182, 183, 190, 198, 202, 204, 233 Britton, Thomas, 14, 16, 17 Broadwood, J., & Sons, 34 Brodsky, Adolph, 237 Bruckner, Anton, 182, 232 Bülow, Hans von, 31, 104, 232 Burney, Dr., 189 Burns, 125 Busoni, 241