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A Treatise On The Structure And Preservation Of The Violin, 1875
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1narrower than in the Cremonese (in which it is very broad), lies rather nearer the edges than in those instruments. The f-holes, which are rather shorter than in the Cremonese instruments, are beautifully formed, and their upper and lower turns are perfectly circular. The neck is particularly handsome, and the scroll as round and smooth as if it had been turned: some are finished with lions' heads, which are admirably carved. The sides and back are made of the finest figured maple, and the instruments are covered with amber varnish of a reddish-yellow colour. In some, the peg-box is dark brown and the belly deep yellow. These are their chief characteristics. Labels are rarely found inside; but when these do occur in genuine instruments, they are always written; printed ones being only met with in the Tyrolese imitations. In the Cremonese instruments, however, they are all printed.
3The Tyrolese imitations of the Cremonese and Steiner violins may be especially recognised by the perfectly fine-grained larch-wood used in them, which differs considerably from the Italian, which is not so fine. – Moreover, the depth of the sides in the Tyrolese instruments is rather less, the edges are not so strong and perfect, and the purfling is narrower and nearer the edges, which are not so finely rounded, but more of an angular form. The f-holes are pretty well imitated, and also the shape of the instruments, but the model is entirely false; for those which bear the name of Jacob Steiner are very flat, and, on the contrary, those which have Cremonese labels are often high-modelled. The sides, back, and neck of most of the Tyrolese instruments are not made of figured, but of perfectly plain maple. The scroll is cut very small, compared with that of the Italians, and the difference in the proportion of all parts, between the
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