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A Review Of Ancient And Modern Violin Making, 1899
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1feat. This defeat led them in some way to think that the wood must be the cause. Then followed years of investigation, in which numerous theories were advanced, acted upon and then abandoned.
3In these researches we are told they traced the old makers to certain mountain slopes of Italy, where they had selected trees of some supposed fabulous quality, taking only certain portions, which they subjected to various chemical treatments. I am not aware as to what extent the modern searchers attempted to work on this knowledge, but it is well known that some did. There are some would-be makers at the present time using chemically prepared wood, but none of them have been in any way benefited as to results. They could not bring their work up to the standard, so they must look in other directions for the lost secret.
5Then came an interval of quiet plodding, but the violin makers were always on the alert for anything that would advance the quality of their work. They were at last startled from their quiet and thrilled by the announcement that the "lost art" had been found. It was not by chemical treatment, nor was it in the
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