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A Review Of Ancient And Modern Violin Making, 1899
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1ly believe no one can ever attain to that degree of perfection that will enable him to produce a line of work all equal in merit, or ever make two violins alike.
3I cannot remember the time when I was not deeply interested in the violin. The very sight of one would satisfy the cravings of hunger, and under the influence of its music the terrors of fire or flood disappeared. I had no consciousness of time or surroundings, and all was a blank save the violin and its wonderful influence over me. I have no recollection as to the time when I first resolved to be a violin maker. It must have been very early in life, for the desire seems to have always been with me. The consequence of this was an eager study of anything that touched this subject, but it was no easy matter fifty years ago to find detailed instructions, and more especially to find two treatises on the same subject that agreed. The diversity of opinion on what was then considered most vital points was very discouraging. But I reassured myself with the thought that the violin makers would agree. However, investigation proved them as widely separated in practice as I had found the theories. But the greatest disappointment
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