Ravanastron Small 129×320 Medium 259×640 Large 414×1024 Download TIFF Original 970×2400 | (2.2 MB) Description Or the Chinese Violin was a piece of bamboo which forms the stick; at the heel this bamboo is pierced with a hole through which passed a mesh of hair secured by a knot; in this way the stick is curved, whence its name, a bow. Keywords Chinese Violin, musical instrument, ravanastron Galleries Miscellaneous Musical Instruments Source: Albert Lavignac, Music and Musicians (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1906) 137
