Scan 91
Antonio Stradivari, his life and work (1644-1737), 1909
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1back in a rough triangular form, that produces a certain beauty of light and shade which is, in my opinion, the ne plus ultra." Hart connects this expression of opinion with the "Dolphin" violin, but we venture to assert that it applies in a still more marked degree to the "Cessol."
3Neither of the violins referred to of the years 1717-18 shows any further development of form or workmanship. The "Sasserno" is of the "Dolphin" outline and type, the "Maurin" of the "Alard" type; both instruments, though, are of lighter construction in most of their details than those of the pre-1716 years; the sound-holes are especially neat, closely cut, and set well upright. These general remarks apply to most of the specimens of the preceding and following years. The example dated 1717, which was in the possession of the late Mr. Orchar, of Dundee, until his death in 1898, bears a closer resemblance to the "Parke"
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