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Scan 23
Notes on the Construction of the Violin, 1902
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1tury ago the results of Savart's investigations were made known; and it was very generally thought that the "Italian secret" had been discovered.
3Thirty-five years later Charles Reade writes: "The fiddles of Cremona gained their reputation by superior tone, but they hold it now mainly by their beauty. For thirty years past violins have been made equal in model to the chefs-d'œuvres of Cremona, and stronger in wood than Stradivarius, and more scientific (!) than Guarnerius in the thicknesses."
5A more recent writer, after endorsing this opinion, says: "No one who has seen [? heard] the magnificent new instruments
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