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British Violin Makers: A Biographical Dictionary of British Makers of Stringed Instruments and Bows and a Critical Description of Their Work, 1920
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1PREFACE
3THE first edition of this work was published in 1904. Its splendid reception, the ready sale it obtained, and the fact that it has long been out of print, encourage me in the hope that a new edition may find favour with the public. The title of the present edition differs slightly from that of the first, and the book has been partly re-written, thoroughly revised, and considerably enlarged. The present effort is, I hope, an improvement in every way upon the first; for one thing, it shows a better sense of proportion and a truer appreciation of the relative merits of makers, past and present. The list of makers has been extended by the addition of about a hundred and fifty new names, and the extension made it necessary to condense the matter of the first edition wherever possible. The work would extend to twice its present length if it included the name of every one in this country who has dabbled with violin making, but I have rigorously excluded all who have not made at least half-a-dozen instruments. The line had to be drawn somewhere. I regret that a few names are unavoidably omitted which it had been my desire to include: these are the names of makers working in London, and two or three of the principal towns, who are
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