Show NEW HISTORY t It seemed to Minna l as ns thou though h she were hearing n a new kind of or history when the Instruments Instrument In the music shop told hem he their story The Bass Viol was telling so much about the different ones It w was s so Jolly to s see them like this thle outside of hours when hours when they were were able to o talk to her and when they could run about and nod play play nil all by themselves I 1 must tell you more about our Violin friend the Bass Viol said You cnn can say If you yuu wish that l he belongs to the Thirteenth nth century Of or course you will find some of his 18 grandparents way back hack In ancient Greek as well as In nr ardent clent Egyptian musical circles Rut But it was In the Thirteenth century that he became rather similar to our Violin of today tOllay Around those times troubadours used to sing fling and play piny They used an nn Instrument which was a n sort f combination of a fiddle guitar and hurdy hurdy-gurdy In the Fifteenth century people be began nn Jo to fo tomake make Instruments to sound like Illie peo peoples people's eo- eo pies pie's voices There were the tenor viol iol the treble viol and here Is where 1 I first c me c-me me In the In-the the bass viol But nut the real violin was born In InI I Lombardy In the far northern part of Italy where the maples and the pines and the sycamores gave their wood and the green meadows and blue lakes and mountains rejoiced that more beauty was coming Into their midst One of f the Violins Violin's ancestors is the tenor viol The earliest violins were made by Gasparo dl Salo But An Stradivari was the greatest of ofell ell the great violin makers Later on onI I 0 fj I- I UJ i iThe D The Tho Bass Viol Was 1 Telling So Much Francois Tourte made a n bow and from that model all nil the present day bows are made Oh Olt dear I 1 could go o en Cn talking endlessly end lessly about the different men who worked over perfecting our beautiful Violin But you mustn't now dear Bass Viol the Violin said Minna will want to hear of the others Youve You've not told about yourself as yet yet reI Modest fellow th the Violin the Bass Viol continued and Minna l who wanted to hear more about the Violin at ut the Game came time dH lU want to hear about the others as ns well There was wasso wasso so much to be heard She had had- never realized how much m l I family history musical Instruments I had Tell n me e all you can she urged I Well the Bass Viol went on i Carlo Bergonzi made the best hest ba has bass viols Im I'm a n mixture of violin and I viola loIn da gamba Viola da gamba Is the father of the violoncello which Is really I a small double bass 1 I t to herself site she would let Miss l know how much she had learned Miss would be so o pleased and so proud of her Carl was Stradivari's pet pt 1 i might add and Carlo Iulo used the famous Ga Has Has- porn paro dl di Solos Salo's model I 1 can clin date lute hack back to the Fifteenth century hut but I 1 did s a n few changes chan In myself after offer that I have the deepest notes of nil all ami they say I make a fine background round for forI forthe forthe I the melodies and harmonies of ot the I less ss heavy less sturdy Instruments Then theres there's lit little II Piccolo Plc Oh I 1 noticed him I sometime nII ago agn lease ilease tell ten me about him l urged The Piccolo came lime trotting over and amI sat down at nt the feet of ot the Bass Viol watt waiting In to 10 hear his slur story told old The owner of r the shop Is quite quit crazy about his little Piccolos Piccolo tin till Bass nass Viol went on Piccolo ulo Is If less S St t than n half halt the length of nf flute but hut HP plays plas an octave above and h how he cnn can run and how h he earl can shriek 1 Listen some time to him give vve n a chromatic scale and you ou will notice what n a piercing oi voice e he has hns lip lie d duns dates lf s from the early part part of or the Nineteenth century century cen cen- tury In the Improved condition In which you now see him Piccolo grinned at nt this The Tr Trumpet was now polishing himself Row now very bright and shin shinIng shining ing lag he looked |