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Chats on violins, 1905
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1are pulled out as though drawn to the uttermost point between finger and thumb. The varnish is of a deeper tinge than any of Strad's other great creations. The tone is a combination of brilliancy, purity and tenderness, and the articulation is so free that the notes flit out as swiftly as a swallow flies.
3In 1716, many more fine instruments made their début, amongst them the "Cesole" and "Messie" or "Messiah," the most romantic of all Stradivarius' creations. This graceful instrument which for years, was on the verge of appearing to the fiddle-loving world, emerged after more than a century of silence, as youthful and fresh-looking as though just completed in the Cremona workshop.¹
5The "Cesole" was once the property of the violinist, Felix Artot, and at his death passed into the hands of the Count de Cesole, after whom it is named. The Count having been a warm friend of Paganini, it is in the highest degree probable that the fingers of the great virtuoso may have fre-
7¹ As the history of the "Messie" also involves an account of Luigi Tarisio, I have given it a special place at the end of this chapter.
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