{{Short description|1959 musical instrument reference book}} {{Infobox book | author = Joseph Madison Roda | pub_date = 1959 | publisher = William Lewis and Son | image = File:Bows_for_Musical_Instruments_of_the_Violin_Family.png }} {{Italic title}} '''''Bows for Musical Instruments of the Violin Family''''' is a seminal luthier reference book compiled by the late Chicago violinist Joseph Madison Roda (1894–1970)<ref>{{Cite web|title=23 Sep 1970, 19 - Berwyn Life at Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/524157534/|access-date=2021-03-03|website=Newspapers.com|language=en}}</ref> and published in 1959 by William Lewis and Son of Chicago. The book is about bows and bow makers and includes detailed illustrations prepared by Gladys Mickel Bell (1901–1992).<ref name="Gladys Mickel Bell" /> Roda, a Czech immigrant from the small village Nový Dvůr near Myslív,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Myslív 42 {{!}} Porta fontium|url=https://www.portafontium.eu/iipimage/30066046/mysliv-42_0820-n?x=-24&y=137&w=568&h=361|access-date=2021-03-03|website=www.portafontium.eu}}</ref> had been a violinist with the Chicago Grand Opera Company from 1933 to 1935 and a violist with the Chicago Symphony from 1936 to 1956<ref name="Chicago Tribune 1936" /><ref name="Chicago Tribune 1956" /> Bell, at the time, was a violinist, cellist, music educator, and sales person at William Lewis and Son.

== External links == * {{OCLC|252650631}}

== References == {{Reflist||refs= <ref name="Chicago Tribune 1936">''Chicago Symphony Season Will Open: Stock Assumes Charge at First Rehearsal,'' by Edward Leo Barry (1903–1991), ''Chicago Tribune'', October 13, 1936, pg. 20</ref> <ref name="Chicago Tribune 1956">''Guest Artists of Symphony's Last 3 Weeks,'' by Raven S. Seymour (1919–1994), ''Chicago Tribune,'' March 25, 1956, pg. 10, 3rd to last paragraph</ref> <ref name="Gladys Mickel Bell">Gladys Mickel Bell, married to E. Cyril Bell in 1951, ''fka'' Gladys Mickel Follmer (formerly married to George Crawford Follmer), ''née'' Gladys Sylvana Mickel</ref> }}

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