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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 108 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VIOLONCELLO (Fr. violoncelle, Ger. Violoncell, Ital. violoncello) , the See also:bass member of the See also:violin See also:family. Although the word violoncello is a diminutive, signifying " small violone," or See also:double bass, the See also:instrument is really a bass violin, formed on a different See also:model from the violone, which has the sloping shoulders and See also:flat back of the See also:viol family, whereas those of the violoncello are rounded as in the violin. The construction of the violoncello is therefore the same as that of the violin (q.v.) but on a much larger See also:scale. It is either held, on See also:account of its See also:size, between the performer's knees, or rests on the See also:floor supported on a See also:foot or spike.

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