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Notes on the Construction of the Violin, 1902
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1extraordinary variety of model and dimensions, with characteristic variations in the intensity or volume of tone; but what so clearly distinguishes them from the more modern violin is their remarkable timbre (Klangfarbe), or, briefly, their "Italian tone."
3In modern instruments again we find every conceivable variety of model and dimensions with a corresponding variation in volume of tone; but rarely, if ever, anything equal to the timbre of the early instruments.
5With regard to the workmanship, it would seem sufficient to note that many of the finest Italian instruments are not con-
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