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Chats on violins, 1905
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1this great artist's chefs d'œuvres; the colossal labour of cataloguing the two thousand instruments attributed to him is one which has yet to be accomplished, and which, if practicable, would be a most acceptable addition to violin literature.
3If an Act of Parliament could be passed in every country, compelling each owner of a Strad to register his precious treasure at a given centre, the number of known Strads would be vastly increased. Of course dealers keep a careful account of each Strad that passes through their hands, but there must be numberless others (including those that have been tampered with, for which act there should be a severe punishment) that probably never reach them, and the only remedy is a census through compulsory registration.
5After 1722, the list of Strad's notable instruments ceases; he was then verging on eighty, and though so vigorous as to be able to continue working, the instruments made in the last fifteen years preceding his death show the shaking hand of the old man.
7One fiddle, made six years before his death, belongs to Monsieur Eugène Ysaye, and one he made in 1687, before the appearance
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