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Scan 44
John Askew, the Stanhope violin maker, 1914
8 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 26. See the scan on archive.org.
1Castle at Mauchline, said to be the house wherein Robert Burns was married to his "Bonnie Jean." When the Burn Memorial Museum at Mauchline was opened, the violin was presented to the promoters and gladly accepted by them as a relic worthy of a place in an institute founded in honour of the immortal poet." (p. 169)
3The same author referring to William Glenister, London, violin maker informs us that "Some of Mr. Glenister's best pine has been obtained from an old house in Beak Street, and although it is old and well past the age at which shrinking may be supposed to cease he still leaves his plates thick and solid." Mr. Morris says, however (p. 132) "The right sort of timber, cut at the right time of the year, and naturally seasoned in blocks for about twenty years is what is required."
5Messrs. Hill in their book on "Antonio Stradivari" have something to say about wood as follows:—
7"We may here add a word as to the delusion that material taken from buildings, such as for instance Swiss Chalets—in some cases centuries old is preferable to that
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