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Musical instruments, 1925
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1tures and musical possibilities, it will be noted that these details will—in a general way—correspond to those of the other members of the group.
3HISTORICAL NOTES
5The name of Gaspar da Salo is associated with the primitive Violin, but the first maker of the instrument as we now know it was Andreas Amati, concerning whom little is known save that he died about 1577. Not only his brother Nicola, but his sons, Antonio and Geronimo, as well as his grandson Nicolo (1596-1684) were master builders of the celebrated "Cremonas," while the last named numbered among his pupils Guarnerius and Stradivarius, who carried the art to its ultimate perfection.
7Details such as quality of the wood, character of the varnish, shape of the back, belly, and sounding-board; position of the bridge and sound-post, the curve of the f holes—all these demanded and received the most careful consideration. Some seventy pieces of wood were required in the construction of the Violin, and the manner of disposing of them was subjected to mathematical calculation, due attention being paid to the laws of acoustics. Statisticians are fond of showing that while the raw materials of which a Violin is composed might be purchased for about five dollars, they become, after being fashioned by genius and seasoned with age, instruments of beauty
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