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Notes on the Construction of the Violin, 1902
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1from the pitch or intensity of the consonant note.
3We have moreover strong evidence to show that the early makers attached great importance to the wood they employed, especially in the case of the pine: sufficient indeed to suggest its scarcity. It may therefore be of interest to inquire into the possible causes of a scarcity of such material and of its superiority.
5Let us assume as a starting point, (1) that by some fortuitous circumstances a wood of exceptionally good sonorous qualities found its way to the workshop of one of the early makers, and that, by the migration of his pupils, the knowledge of the
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