Scan 11
Catalog of rare old violins, violas, violoncellos, bows of rare makes, 1921
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1Our Collection this year contains an unusual number of attractive and interesting specimens of the work of the great Italian makers, some of which are truly remarkable. An added feature, and an equally interesting one, is the large number of excellent violins at medium prices, made possible largely by the European War. We wish to call the attention of concert violinists to the exceptional opportunities now offered for the selection of fine instruments. We have never had such a large number of magnificent concert violins at moderate prices.
3Owing to our long experience, and the extraordinary care exercised by us in the selection, our violins are better in preservation than those of houses less fortunate, and the genuineness of Lyon & Healy violins is accepted everywhere. Constant application of these principles for many years has resulted in the bringing together of a number of the choicest, purest, best conditioned violins in the world today. While European firms from time to time exhibit many famous individual instruments, no one of them—it would be found by any competent judge willing to make the investigation—possesses a stock so comprehensive and so entirely representative of the very best the world offers in all classes of violins as may be found in the Lyon & Healy Collection.
5Our constant aim is that, in its class, every old violin offered by us shall be unique in point of musical worth and value, to the end that one who buys from us an old violin at a modest price shall receive an instrument which, as far as it goes and in its class, is as desirable as the most expensive Stradivarius or Guarnerius. This is a feature of deep interest to violin lovers, collectors, students, and to the intending purchaser who is desirous of spending his money where he is certain of receiving proper value.
7We wish to call special attention to the artistic adjustment which every violin sold by us receives before leaving our establishment. Even a Stradivarius will not sound properly unless it is correctly adjusted. Without adjustment an instrument is never at its best—all the finer qualities being lost. We have had many years experience in the careful regulation of fine violins, and to this fact credit must be given, in a large measure, for the satisfaction which the violins from our collection afford. It is a matter too often overlooked by purchasers of violins because they do not understand its importance. We cannot emphasize too strongly the fact that a violin without artistic repair and adjustment usually disappoints; with it an instrument is a source of joy and pleasure forever. It means the difference between failure and success—between dissatisfaction and satisfaction.
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