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A Review Of Ancient And Modern Violin Making, 1899
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1doubtful if any such process were known at that time.
3But to return to the new makers. If they had been more conversant with the principles that govern the development of violins they would have had no cause to be discouraged by the comparison, as the old violins were well matured by age and use, while theirs were practically undeveloped. The test was altogether one-sided, especially so when we consider the fact that none of the makers of that day, or before for that matter, were sufficiently advanced to impart the effect of maturity by graduation and other internal work.
5The time was when a violin could only be developed by age and use combined. That, however, is no longer the case, of which all my instruments are ample proof. That the new work did not come up to the old is no proof that they were inferior instruments. The new work might have embodied the elements of superior violins, when fully developed, and yet be defeated in an early trial.
7For the last fifty or seventy-five years, the world has been assiduously taught that modern violins can in no way compare with the old. This belief has become so general that
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