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A Review Of Ancient And Modern Violin Making, 1899
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1They did not notice the inconsistency, or stop to reason out why they met with as much success with common wood as with the approved quality. If the quality is of the first consideration and a man makes a dozen violins with the same care and accuracy, why are they not all good and equally good? It is a simple and positive proof that the theory is not correct.
3As regards old wood, I wonder how good level-headed men could have been led to regard it as the proper thing, without such an investigation as would surely have revealed the fallacy of the theory. I take it for granted they could not have given it much attention without seeing the decay—without seeing the life of the wood was gone or going. If so found, common sense would demand its rejection. In building a bridge, the safety of which depends upon the strength of the wood used in its construction, the builder would not select a tree that had been dead for two hundred years, but would use new wood, possessing all its life and vitality. Then how much more does it require young and vigorous wood to resist the astonishing pressure that a frail violin must stand.
5But strength is not the only requisite. Its
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