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A treatise on the structure and preservation of the violin and all other bow-instruments; together with an account of the most celebrated makers, and of the genuine characteristics of their instruments;, 1860
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1As regards the former objection, it may confidently be answered, that books alone cannot possibly fulfil such expectations; and as to the latter, it is a well-known fact that different workmen, as well as different establishments, frequently proceed in a dissimilar manner in the construction of the several parts of musical instruments, which, when finished, may and do assume pretty much the same appearance.
3Hence it follows that most works of this description must be necessarily regarded in a liberal spirit, as merely tending to diffuse a general—not specific—acquaintance, among musicians and others, with the subjects on which they treat; and if they succeed so far, they evidently accomplish their purpose.
5JOHN BISHOP.
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