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A Review Of Ancient And Modern Violin Making

1899.

On archive.org as in.ernet.dli.2015.158384.

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6 CONTENTS Read
10 INTRODUCTION Read
11 against argument and fact, or anything t… Read
12 world will doubt many of my statements i… Read
13 much of this free instruction for the go… Read
14 look for a change in this respect, I am… Read
15 CHAPTER I Read
16 be readily conceded. Do you know of a ma… Read
17 until the once supposed impossible is da… Read
18 While it is a fact that the old makers p… Read
19 might be some grounds for contradiction.… Read
20 absolute success. From first to last the… Read
21 more confusing to the student, when upon… Read
22 CHAPTER II. Read
23 light on the subject. No doubt they sett… Read
24 quired the art previous to and during hi… Read
25 feat. This defeat led them in some way t… Read
30 pose they did, as they could not have ha… Read
31 doubtful if any such process were known… Read
32 one is looked on with suspicion if he ex… Read
33 no use for the very old violins, except… Read
34 of my study and work many hundreds of vi… Read
35 Wood can be no exception to the rule. It… Read
36 bration could be stopped at any desired… Read
37 been made, for it has been universally a… Read
38 They did not notice the inconsistency, o… Read
39 essential quality is resonance, which ca… Read
40 tended for, then there has been but very… Read
41 be many failures, and the system condemn… Read
42 tion in work and depend less on quality… Read
43 be done by design), when it was ready fo… Read
44 CHAPTER III. Read
45 I have no reverence for an error because… Read
46 never for a moment blamed themselves. Th… Read
47 will be sustained. From the year 1500 to… Read
48 But the modern makers, having failed to… Read
49 the coveted recipes were never found. Th… Read
50 than the Cremona makers ever dreamed of.… Read
51 tain class of writers, and been adopted… Read
52 uncertain whether or not I had discovere… Read
53 sented is only an illogical opinion, voi… Read
56 student of facts could be expected to ac… Read