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Scan 35
Notes on the Construction of the Violin, 1902
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1the analogy too far, it seems admissible to suggest that a similar cause may account for the superior sonority of the wood from a small area of the same forest.
3The Havana cigar offers an analogy of the same kind. It is made from tobacco grown in a certain district of the island of Cuba, known as the Vuelta Abajo; but the finest leaf is only found on isolated areas of this district. These areas, as in the case of the vineyards, are sometimes very small, and a distance of a hundred yards or so in any direction may make a difference of a hundred per cent or more in the market value of the leaf. A
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