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Lyon & Healy Violins 1924, 1924
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1CREMONATONE VIOLIN
2Style G1126
4Built on the lines of Joseph Guarnerius in Cremona, about 1740, these violins possess to an astonishing degree the tone quality which for nearly three centuries has made Cremona famous. The violinist who, by association with the instruments of the old Italian masters, has made himself acquainted with the ideal violin quality which they alone exemplify, cannot fail to note the resemblance and to be charmed by the wonderful tone of these instruments. No modern violins have ever been offered elsewhere in this country, at any price, which surpass them for beauty of tone and general playing qualities. Some of our makers who excel in workmanship may equal them in finish and appearance, but no one else has been able to impart to the tone that peculiar quality which violinists call "timbre" or tone color, which is the distinguishing characteristic of this luthier's work. He employs beautiful wood and a soft oil varnish of a transparent ruby red color, which is artistically applied after his violins have been sufficiently seasoned in the white.
6Style G1127. Same description as above, but Stradivarius model.
8For Prices, see Insert at Page 1
9PLATE III
11CREMONATONE VIOLIN
12Style G1125
14This violin is modeled after the celebrated King Joseph Guarnerius, of the Hawley Collection, the most famous specimen of this great maker extant, and sold by us for $12,000. The wonderful model of the King Joseph is faithfully followed, our intention being to reproduce both tone and appearance. The wood is of the choicest aged quality and only that having a figure and grain similar to that in the "King" is used. It is most artistically covered with a rich oil varnish, which is soft and velvety in quality, and usually a rich, ripe plum shade like the original. The workmanship is in the highest sense artistic, the cutting of the scroll, sound holes and edges denoting at once the master hand. The tone, owing to the excellence of model, materials and workmanship, has much of the brilliant quality of the famous original. It is rich and resonant, even and responsive on all strings and in all positions, broad and deep in the lower tones and unusually clear and responsive in the upper. The appearance of wear in the original is also carefully reproduced. It is a violin not only rich in tone but a picture to the eye as well.
16Other fine modern violins from the shops of
17DELPRATO OF MIRECOURT
18L. BISIAC OF MILANO
19HART & SON OF LONDON
20CARESSA & FRANCAIS OF PARIS.
22Write us for description and prices of the above instruments.
24For Prices, see Insert at Page 1
25PLATE IV
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