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Scan 74
Chats on violins, 1905
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1were rich and pure, the 1st and 4th rather muffled, but on the whole, "the tone is mellow and powerful."
3Another fine instrument of this maker is the one called the "Treasury Violin," which I here quote, although opinions differ as to its authenticity. This violin was at one time the property of the Swedish violinist, Ole Bull, and was exhibited by him in London in 1862 at a conversazione held by the Musical Society in St James' Hall. The following description was attached to it:—
5"The celebrated 'Treasury Violin' of Innspruck by Gaspar di Salo with Caryatides by Benvenuto Cellini, sculptured by command of Cardinal Aldobrandini, and by him presented to the Museum of Innspruck in the Tyrol. After the assault upon the said city by the French in 1809, the Museum was plundered and the violin carried to Vienna, where the Councillor Rhehazek placed this unique gem in his celebrated collection of ancient musical instruments, refusing to sell it at any price. He left it by will to Ole Bull in 1842; up to that period it had never been played upon."
7Ole Bull for many years used a Guarnerius
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