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A Review Of Ancient And Modern Violin Making, 1899
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1INTRODUCTION
3IN THE ARGUMENTS made in the following pages I may not succeed in convincing my readers that the position I have taken is impregnable, or even in creating a doubt concerning the superiority of the Cremona violins, with their host of attendant theories, but I hope to set my readers thinking, and if I can suggest the right line of thought, then, it will be the first step toward the revolution. A man whose convictions, though erroneous, are honest, is always ready to acknowledge his error when convinced of its existence. It is for this class of thinking, investigating people that this little book is intended, and not the blind and fanatical adherents to the "old violin" ideas, who are proof
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