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A Review Of Ancient And Modern Violin Making, 1899
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1tain class of writers, and been adopted by many makers who have no better foundation than their imagination. I refer to the "amber varnish." There is not a word in the records of the old masters that refers to amber. Just when or by whom this theory was first started is difficult to determine, but I very much doubt if the author expected it to be accepted as true. It is indeed very doubtful if there was any process known at that time by which amber could be liquified. Even today, with our modern appliances, there is only a small proportion of the amount subjected to treatment rendered soluble. So far as my researches have extended I find nothing to justify the claim.
3It was not my intention at first to quote from any work, as but very little could be found of a friendly nature toward my position, but in this instance, I am pleased to say, I do not stand alone. I will quote from an article in the Atlantic Monthly of February, 1880, by Richard Grant White, whom all will admit is very good authority. He says, in part: "When I wrote 'Seeking a Lost Art' I recounted some of my experiences in trying after the Cremona varnish, but I left my readers
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