Scan 105
How to Make a Violin, and Violin Notes by Ole Bull. Revised edition., 1910
6 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 95. See the scan on archive.org.
1established principles of construction, and their ancient reputation; the Venetians, on the beauty of their wood, and careful finish; and the Neapolitans on their exceedingly low price.
3"As a knowledge of the varnish became at last confined to a few, instances are not wanting of the persecution of such by their less fortunate fellow-workmen. It is quite evident, that, apart from any considerations of beauty, the importance of the varnish as an acoustic element was well recognised.
5"The second question now presents itself: how was the secret lost? A careful and repeated examination, extending to a vast number of objects, reveals the fact that the varnish of the Italian violin-maker of the time of Stradivarius and before him was common to the painter, the varnisher, and the gilder as well. Let an ancient piece of Italian furniture, a chair, a cabinet, the case of a spinet or harpsichord, be examined, and provided it has escaped modern retouching, the varnish might be by Stradivarius himself. Generally it is colourless, then the
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