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Scan 43
Notes on the Construction of the Violin, 1902
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1instrument was almost exactly its weight in gold! On inquiring as to the tone of the instrument, the reply was that it had "never had a string on it." Was the maker sure that the tone of this instrument would justify his expectations? "Yes; unless there is something radically wrong with it!"
3Is it after all possible that the finishing touches to the "king of instruments" may be of a less tentative kind than those bestowed, for example, on the salmon-rod, the lens, and that humble contrivance the fiddle bow?*
5* Vuillaume has endeavoured to show that the profile of the fiddle-stick should
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