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A Review Of Ancient And Modern Violin Making, 1899
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1than the Cremona makers ever dreamed of. I find that in order to admire what little remaining varnish the old instruments still retain, one has to draw as largely upon his imagination as he would to admire some of the paintings of the old masters. I have very carefully examined numbers of these "specimens of beauty" of the old makers, over which so many rave and become incoherent, and I frankly admit I cannot see the beauty. I have seen men go wild with delight over some old wreck, which, if shown as modern or middle age work, would have been turned from in disgust. There are thousands of men who will "gush" over the smallest detail of a Cremona, while right beside it may lie a modern violin far superior in every respect, yet pay no attention to it. The truth is, there are better finished violins made today by numerous makers than in any other age, and would be so acknowledged by many, were it not for the fear of antagonizing the Cremona fad. Many of them have no knowledge of these matters, but have accepted and believed in the universal opinion.
3There is another fallacy of no small proportion that has been promulgated by a cer-
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