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Chats to violin students on how to study the violin, 1895
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1CHAPTER VII.
3Violin Makers.—The Italian School (continued).
5JOSEPH Guarnerius del Jesu was born in Cremona, 1683, and died in 1745. The addition of "del Jesu" is due to his labels always bearing the sacred symbol, I.H.S. which he adopted, as some say in consequence of his being a member of some secret society using that sign. His father, John Baptist Guarnerius, seems to have had nothing to do with the making of violins, or indeed, of any stringed instruments. Joseph Guarnerius is supposed to have studied in the factory of Stradivarius, but the dissimilarity of the make and work seem to disprove this. In so many essentials they differ entirely. The outline of the violin, the f holes, which are cut very straight, and particularly in the scroll which has much individuality and character.
7In all probability he studied with some member of his numerous and clever relations, his work somewhat resembling a namesake of his, son of Andræ, although his real master, whom he aimed to copy, was Gaspard da Salo. The careful choice of the wood for making
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