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A Review Of Ancient And Modern Violin Making, 1899
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1CHAPTER II.
3VIOLIN WOOD
5AS I SHALL handle all violin material separately, I will begin with the first in order, the wood. In considering this part of the subject it will be necessary to cover some considerable lapse of time in order to show to what extent the diversity of opinion has carried the modern workman, as the quality and kind of wood has always been a matter of contention.
7While various kinds of wood were used by the old makers, history gives no definite information as to whether it was a matter of contention with them. We know their researches were widely extended, considering the period, and their experiments, no doubt, were carefully conducted according to their
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