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A short account of a violin by Stradivari, dated 1690 : now in the possession of Messrs. W. E. Hill & sons, 1889
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1"THE TUSCAN STRAD."
3A SHORT ACCOUNT
4OF A
5VIOLIN by STRADIVARI.
7HIS remarkable instrument, perhaps the most perfect example of Stradivari's work, is probably unique in the preservation, in every detail, of the original beauty of its form and workmanship.
9The violins of Stradivari, like most other old works of art, have almost all suffered from the accidents of time. Even in exceptionally well preserved instruments, cracks have appeared in the soft wood of the belly, the sound holes have often lost some of their accuracy of outline, and the varnish has been rubbed off the parts most exposed to wear. It has consequently been difficult to realise, even from fine specimens, how a violin looked and spoke when fresh from the hands of Stradivari.
11But the condition in which this instrument has been preserved, for nearly two hundred years, enables us to stand, in imagination, as contemporaries of the great master, and to
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