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... hand finds the black notes above , and the right hand below the crossing . There is besides in the neck a set of twelve tuning buttons , each one of which on being pressed gives out one note of the chromatic scale tuned to the pitch of ...
... hand finds the black notes above , and the right hand below the crossing . There is besides in the neck a set of twelve tuning buttons , each one of which on being pressed gives out one note of the chromatic scale tuned to the pitch of ...
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... hand having 37 , and the middle or chromatic row 34 . The first pattern of the modern harp is dis- covered in German ... hands free , an indisput- able advantage ; and it became possible at once to play in no less See also a woodcut in ...
... hand having 37 , and the middle or chromatic row 34 . The first pattern of the modern harp is dis- covered in German ... hands free , an indisput- able advantage ; and it became possible at once to play in no less See also a woodcut in ...
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... hand , and the pin the heap of tangled fur , which did not cover a space greater than that in his right , he caused the vibrating string to come in contact with of the hand . At each vibration some of the filaments started up to the ...
... hand , and the pin the heap of tangled fur , which did not cover a space greater than that in his right , he caused the vibrating string to come in contact with of the hand . At each vibration some of the filaments started up to the ...
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... hand and partly by machine . ** When by thorough felting the hat bodies of any kind have been reduced to dense leathery cones about one - half the size of the original bat , they are dried , and , if hard felts are to be made , the ...
... hand and partly by machine . ** When by thorough felting the hat bodies of any kind have been reduced to dense leathery cones about one - half the size of the original bat , they are dried , and , if hard felts are to be made , the ...
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... hand , and the pin in his right , he caused the vibrating string to come in contact with the heap of tangled fur , which did not cover a space greater than that of the hand . At each vibration some of the filaments started up to the ...
... hand , and the pin in his right , he caused the vibrating string to come in contact with the heap of tangled fur , which did not cover a space greater than that of the hand . At each vibration some of the filaments started up to the ...
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