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Catalog of Rare Old Violins, Violas and Violoncellos: Also Bows of Rare Makes, 1916
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1ARTISTIC VIOLIN, VIOLA AND VIOLONCELLO BOWS
2MADE BY W. E. HILL & SONS, LONDON
4WE take pleasure in announcing that we have been appointed by Messrs. Wm. E. Hill & Sons, of London, their accredited agents for their own make of violins and bows.
6As violin bow makers, Messrs. Hill & Sons are recognized as absolutely preëminent. Among the great artists of the day the artistic quality of these bows is fully recognized and more of them are in use in the hands of celebrated players than of any other make. The preëminence of the bows of Messrs. Hill & Sons, is due to several important conditions which exist with them. One of the principal of these is the fact that they started in to manufacture the best bows that could possibly be made, regardless of cost. To them the finest examples of Francois Tourte's bows were always available as models. Another very important feature is the possession by them of a large and aged stock of the choicest Pernambuco procurable. Pernambuco suitable for violin bows is a very difficult wood to procure; thorough seasoning is an absolute requisite and the wood of which these bows are made is seasoned ten years, by natural processes, before use. These conditions, combined with exceptional skill in the matter of workmanship, result in the production of the finest line of bows which have come from any maker since Francois Tourte.
8It is a well known fact that two articles radically different in quality cannot be made in the same shop side by side. Every detail receives
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