| Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 516 pagina’s
...fingers should be first a little soaked in water, and quite free from all greasiness ; a little fine chalk upon them is sometimes useful, to make them...that the tones are best drawn out when the glasses tarafrom the ends of the fingers, not when they turn to them. " The advantages of this instrument are,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 610 pagina’s
...quite free from all greasiness ; a little fine chalk upon them is sometimes useful, to make them catch the glass and bring out the tone more readily. Both...the glasses turn from the ends of the fingers, not when they turn to them. The advantages of this instrument are, that its tones are incomparably sweet... | |
| William Nicholson - 1819 - 394 pagina’s
...and bring out the tone more readily. Different parts may be played together by using both hands; and the tones are best drawn out when the glasses turn from the ends of the fingers, not when they turn to them. The advantages of this instrument, says Dr. Franklin, are, that its tones are... | |
| 1823 - 872 pagina’s
...quite free from all greasiness ; a little fine chalk upon them is sometimes useful, to make them catch the glass and bring out the tone more readily. Both...that the tones are best drawn out when the glasses lorn from the ends of the fingers, not when they turn to them. " The advantages of this instrument... | |
| 1826 - 440 pagina’s
...quite free from all greasiness ; a little fine chalk upon them is sometimes useful, to make them catch the glass and bring out the tone more readily. Both...are played together. — Observe, that the tones are the best drawn out when the glasses turn from the ends of the fingers, not when they turn to them.... | |
| 1826 - 422 pagina’s
...quite free from all greasiness ; a little fine chalk upon them is sometimes useful, to make them patch the glass and bring out the tone more readily. Both...are played together. — Observe, that the tones are the best drawn out when thg glasses turn from the ends of the fingers, not when they turn to them.... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 806 pagina’s
...water, and quite free from all greasiness; a little fine chalk is sometimes useful, to make them catch the glass and bring out the tone more readily. Both...when the glasses turn from the ends of the fingers, and not when they turn to them. The advantages of this instrument are, that its tones are incomparably... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 416 pagina’s
...water, and quite free from all greasiness; a little fine chalk is sometimes useful, to make them catch the glass and bring out the tone more readily. Both hands are used, by which means different parts axe played together. — Observe, that the tones are best drawn out when the glasses turn from the... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1831 - 628 pagina’s
...and bring out the tone more readily. Different ports may be pluyed together by using both hands ; ami the tones are best .drawn out when the glasses turn from the ends of the fingers, not when they turn to them. The advantages of this instrument, says doctor Franklin, are, that its tones... | |
| Francis Lieber - 1831 - 620 pagina’s
...bring out the tone more readily. Different parts may be played together b'y using both hands ; and die tones are best drawn out when the glasses turn from the ends of the fingers, not when they turn to them. The advantages of this instrument, says doctor Franklin, are, that its tones... | |
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