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A Review Of Ancient And Modern Violin Making, 1899
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1CHAPTER I
3HAD THE OLD MASTERS ARRIVED AT CERTAINTY?
5THE VIOLIN as it has stood for three hundred years, possesses all the possibilities it will ever have, so far as its general form and proportions are concerned. The old makers brought these up to a point that precludes the possibility of improvement, and all the claptrap appliances to enhance its power, volume or quality only serve to show the ignorance of the maker, as not one of these obtain the results sought.
7While the violin as a whole is all that it ever was, or can be, is there not something in its construction not fully understood? Has there not been an element of uncertainty, of failure, all down its history? I think this will
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