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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, 1875
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1different 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.
5In preparing this new edition, besides the introduction of many interesting particulars drawn from the most modern works on the subject, I had the advantage of consulting Mr. George Chanot, the well-known violin maker of Wardour Street, London, (and nephew of the ingenious French officer mentioned at page 72).
7JOHN BISHOP
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