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John Askew, the Stanhope violin maker, 1914
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1cut and seasoned during a lesser, but still a sufficient number of years, we have tried both kinds, Vuillaume did so repeatedly—and we fail to find that the former possesses any real advantage over the latter; in fact, our opinion is rather in favour of the more youthful wood" (p. 173).
3Mr. W. C. Honeyman in his excellent little book, "Scottish Violin Makers" in giving a biographical account of the "Scottish Stradivari," Matthew Hardie, violin-maker (1755—1826) mentions an interesting story of how Hardie made his "hidden violin."
5"Hardie was one day, in the year 1821, walking past a field on the Cramond Road when he noticed a weather-beaten pailing slab lying on the ground, and picking it up and noticing its lightness, he balanced it on his finger, and struck it with a stone to test its tone, "what a splendid fiddle breast this will make" he remarked to his companion. Carrying the slab under his arm he presently stopped at a farm house for a glass of milk, and, being invited into the kitchen to drink it, soon noticed a very old baking board of maple propped on the dresser, which he examined with the most eager interest. "I
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