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Scan 112
Chats on violins, 1905
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1of violin-making which had baffled his predecessors.
3The difficulty of his task is only understood when one stops to think of the combined qualities required for the undertaking. He must have had mathematical exactitude, architectural knowledge, knowledge of acoustics, a certain amount of chemical knowledge, and a knowledge of carpentry; also the sure hand of a practised wood-carver, and an artist's eye for form and colour. Grâce au Dieu these gifts he intuitively possessed, and their union has given to grateful fiddlers, those perfect instruments which throb and pulsate in response to the artist's touch like a second soul.
5Something about the "Messie Strad" and Luigi Tarisio.
7Those "Instruments de Luxe," the "Tuscan," "Pucelle," "Rode," "Dolphin," "Alard," etc., are all recognised as grand instruments, exquisitely made and marvellously preserved; each and all claim ardent admiration (and a high price), yet none of them possess the unique interest of the mighty "Messie,"
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