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How to make a violin : The violin, its construction practically treated, 1892
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1so, he knows that they did not work on this plan, but bestowed loving care on every single instrument, regarding the one work in hand as quite enough to tax all their energies and absorb all their artistic knowledge and experience for the time being. This is the spirit in which to work, the spirit which will regard every detail as equally momentous, and bestow as much time and trouble on the inside work which will never be seen, as on the outside work which will be seen. I would call the reader's attention to the remark of the eminent sculptor to the effect that "Trifles make perfection," but I would at the same time caution him against misunderstanding the quotation. In the making of a violin there are no "trifles," everything seen or unseen, great or small, beautiful or not beautiful, is of the first importance. The mason who carved elaborate details on figures, in a cathedral, placed so high that the beauty of his work could not be seen and admired, made his work perfect because the gods would see it; does the amateur who is
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