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Chats on violins, 1905
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1Other Italian Makers
3possessed of his Guarnerius is one of the many romantic and triumphant episodes of his life. Early in his career he was engaged to play at a concert at Leghorn, but having previously gambled his violin away he was without a fiddle to play upon. "Que faire!" he was désolé and in despair when his good angel appeared in the shape of a French merchant named Livron, who took pity on him and came to his assistance by sending him his own superb Guarnerius.
5After the concert Paganini essayed to return the instrument to its owner, but nothing would induce Monsieur Livron to receive it, for, he said, his fingers could never profane the strings which the great artist had touched. "C'est à vous maintenant que mon violin appartient;" and ever after the grand Guarnerius accompanied Paganini in all his journeys.
7In his will he left it to his native town of Genoa, where it may now be seen, nestling in soft satin beneath a canopy of glass, in the Sala Rossa of the Municipo. On a shelf below is placed the red leather case, on the lid of which is stamped in plain gold letters "Nicolo Paganini." It is lined with red plush and a bow and a packet of
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