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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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1CHAPTER II.
3ACCOUNT OF THE MOST EMINENT GERMAN MAKERS, WHO HAVE SO SUCCESSFULLY IMITATED THE VIOLINS OF THE CREMONESE AND THOSE OF THE CELEBRATED JACOB STEINER, THAT THEIR INSTRUMENTS CAN ONLY BE DISTINGUISHED FROM THE GENUINE ONES BY THE MOST EXPERIENCED PERSONS.
5THOSE who understand the construction of the violin may possibly deem the previous observations superfluous; but I have frequently been asked, whether the back and belly were pressed or screwed up in moulds to bring them into the required shape*; and this question, which shews that many good violinists are unacquainted with the construction and the various component parts of their instrument, has induced me to give a minute description of them.
7Musicians frequently enquire why violins are not now made equal in quality to the old Cremonese; and many attribute it to the negligence or unskilfulness of the present makers and those of late years: but I dare affirm that the fault lies principally with the musicians and amateurs themselves, for reasons which I shall proceed to state.
9* This is now said to be done in the manufacture of common instruments.—Tr.
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