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Old violins
Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald), 1839-1901. Edinburgh, Grant, 1905.
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| 7 | CONTENTS | Read | |
| 19 | 17 | rough image on the vase, but the fact th… | Read |
| 53 | 47 | with rounded bellies, powerful Dukes and… | Read |
| 61 | 55 | rhapsodies about setting suns and the co… | Read |
| 83 | 77 | his exalted house"—and then follow more… | Read |
| 110 | 94 | self approached far more nearly the rais… | Read |
| 111 | 95 | and Albani, when he fell a victim to the… | Read |
| 136 | 118 | CHAPTER VIII | Read |
| 137 | 119 | and in Elizabeth's time Italian influenc… | Read |
| 138 | 120 | monised pieces for it, and who imparted… | Read |
| 142 | 124 | generally the art atmosphere of the smal… | Read |
| 153 | 135 | as a thing of beauty, wonder, mystery, m… | Read |
| 154 | 136 | was a curious sort of inner otherwherene… | Read |
| 155 | 137 | astonished owner's face, tore off the fi… | Read |
| 156 | 138 | He had five sons; all made violins and t… | Read |
| 157 | 139 | for the poor tenor, the Cinderella of th… | Read |
| 158 | 140 | Hill, required a new bridge, which Ebswo… | Read |
| 159 | 141 | Mr Woolhouse, the well-known collector,… | Read |
| 160 | 142 | Arthur stayed at home and kept his eye i… | Read |
| 161 | 143 | years built up what is, perhaps, when co… | Read |
| 162 | 144 | sayings. On one occasion he refused to s… | Read |
| 163 | 145 | Hill's hands many years afterwards, who… | Read |
| 164 | 146 | CHAPTER IX | Read |
| 165 | 147 | based upon the "triumphs of modern resea… | Read |
| 166 | 148 | For my part, after reading a dozen disqu… | Read |
| 167 | 149 | of that resinous gum beloved of artists,… | Read |
| 168 | 150 | dragon's blood, a resinous gum from the… | Read |
| 169 | 151 | out the magical Cremonese transparency;… | Read |
| 170 | 152 | The materials being now absent, the varn… | Read |
| 171 | 153 | CHAPTER X | Read |
| 172 | 154 | every player knows, that one cannot stop… | Read |
| 173 | 155 | best fiddle, bow, and strings that he ca… | Read |
| 174 | 156 | Now we are ready to remove the fibrous o… | Read |
| 175 | 157 | in my opinion too much thinner, than the… | Read |
| 176 | 158 | and brilliant, but not comparable, in my… | Read |
| 177 | 159 | stretched "E" lengths in your case. If y… | Read |
| 178 | a few used a silk pocket handkerchief. I… | Read | |
| 179 | CHAPTER XI | Read | |
| 180 | with his audience, lifts his tapering wa… | Read | |
| 183 | 163 | As for our purpose the violin proper beg… | Read |
| 184 | 164 | would have been quite thrown away on the… | Read |
| 185 | 165 | few likely strips. This accounts for the… | Read |
| 186 | 166 | indeed, have given him his fine sense of… | Read |
| 187 | 167 | they were in rags, and a broad-brimmed h… | Read |
| 188 | 168 | with Thomas Dodd the fiddle dealer and v… | Read |
| 189 | 169 | side of the nut, to prevent wear and tea… | Read |
| 190 | 170 | hair touching the string with a continuo… | Read |
| 191 | 171 | CHAPTER XII | Read |
| 192 | 172 | peculiar way, by his histrionic gifts an… | Read |
| 193 | 173 | his common fiddle in perfect order, woul… | Read |
| 194 | 174 | crop of common violins then being made i… | Read |
| 195 | 175 | pity than with any serious intent to mak… | Read |
| 196 | 176 | hoping the shabby man did not know the v… | Read |
| 197 | 177 | he was a singular and most whole-hearted… | Read |
| 198 | 178 | with its own belly by Vuillaume, is now… | Read |
| 199 | 179 | had them all through his hands—the "King… | Read |
| 200 | 180 | In his own land he remained to the end n… | Read |
| 201 | 181 | fiddles in and out of cases, tenors, 'ce… | Read |
| 202 | When we remember that a couple only of t… | Read | |
| 205 | 183 | ment has been made in the violin since t… | Read |
| 206 | 184 | that no one should ever play upon it, re… | Read |
| 207 | 185 | first time he struck a note, seemed lite… | Read |
| 208 | 186 | CHAPTER XIII | Read |
| 209 | 187 | Tywersus, their private lute-maker, was… | Read |
| 210 | 188 | on that inevitable deterioration in qual… | Read |
| 211 | 189 | to this celebrated school of violin art,… | Read |
| 212 | 190 | to the studious and admirable labours of… | Read |
| 213 | 191 | the curiosity, and perhaps ridicule, of… | Read |
| 214 | 192 | reflected the later Amati model of Nicol… | Read |
| 215 | 193 | responsible for the "trade fiddles" that… | Read |
| 216 | 194 | Here we read how a mere handful of maste… | Read |
| 217 | 195 | terms, because he had served his country… | Read |
| 218 | 196 | daughters probably took very good care o… | Read |
| 219 | 197 | vari, the Guarneri, Bergonzi, and Guadag… | Read |
| 220 | 198 | CHAPTER XIV | Read |
| 221 | 199 | very soul (l'âme du violon), which is th… | Read |
| 222 | 200 | You get it home; there is something wron… | Read |
| 223 | 201 | Be not impatient. Play upon it gently at… | Read |
| 224 | 202 | keep it shining wherever the varnish sti… | Read |
| 225 | 203 | figured by whitewash, starched and bleac… | Read |
| 226 | 204 | It is not at all an uncommon thing to fi… | Read |
| 227 | 205 | little understood, and can only be dealt… | Read |
| 228 | 206 | uncongenial treatment of its nerves, unt… | Read |
| 229 | 207 | all points the surface of the belly—flat… | Read |
| 230 | 208 | they used ivory; you may perhaps have no… | Read |
| 231 | 209 | rosewood, which is less dense, and thus,… | Read |
| 232 | 210 | mechanical contrivances for moving violi… | Read |
| 233 | 211 | may be quite as much responsible for you… | Read |
| 234 | 212 | laying the blame on the violin when the… | Read |
| 235 | 213 | man noticed that when he opened his case… | Read |
| 236 | 214 | CHAPTER XV | Read |
| 237 | 215 | turned—it was thought hardly worth a ser… | Read |
| 238 | 216 | excusable margin left for honest error,… | Read |
| 239 | 217 | threatened with a subpoena, I replied, "… | Read |
| 240 | 218 | It was made by Bernhardt Fendt, and I ga… | Read |
| 241 | 219 | There was an interesting John Lott, rich… | Read |
| 242 | 220 | When the lady showed it me, I took a lib… | Read |
| 243 | 221 | and downs, and, like human beings, they… | Read |
| 244 | 222 | pant of the noble case had been stolen.… | Read |
| 245 | 223 | the other a counterfeit, and was quite u… | Read |
| 246 | 224 | know what suits you, and that no doubt f… | Read |
| 247 | 225 | my room playing upon it with delight, an… | Read |
| 248 | 226 | without the fear of dropping his fiddle.… | Read |
| 249 | 227 | There is a point interesting alike to co… | Read |
| 250 | 228 | Therefore, I will hear of no talk, even… | Read |
| 251 | 229 | All violinists will tell you that there… | Read |
| 252 | 230 | 1st. Selection of wood. No doubt the old… | Read |
| 253 | 231 | about 512 to the second; still remains t… | Read |
| 254 | 232 | 6th. But given the possibility of favour… | Read |
| 255 | 233 | A good Hill recently made, price £30 or… | Read |
| 256 | 234 | from the old forests of Herzegovina and… | Read |
| 257 | 235 | better fiddles can be got for half that… | Read |
| 259 | POSTLUDE | Read | |
| 263 | DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS | Read | |
| 264 | 240 | Amati, Nicola, younger brother of Andrea… | Read |
| 265 | 241 | BALESTRIERI (Balestieri), Pietro, brothe… | Read |
| 266 | 242 | BERNARDEL, Auguste Sébastien Philippe. A… | Read |
| 267 | 243 | DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS | Read |
| 268 | 244 | Cappa, Giachimo (Gioacchino) and Giusepp… | Read |
| 269 | 245 | CHANOT, G. A. Manchester. | Read |
| 270 | 246 | CORNELLI, Carlo. Cremona, 1702. | Read |
| 271 | 247 | DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS | Read |
| 272 | 248 | DODD, Thomas, third son of Edward Dodd.… | Read |
| 273 | 249 | EURY. About 1810-30, Paris; an excellent… | Read |
| 274 | 250 | about 1700-60; far from first-class. | Read |
| 275 | 251 | at Naples; d. there about 1745. | Read |
| 276 | 252 | Ghidini, Carlo. Parma, about 1746. | Read |
| 277 | 253 | GROBITZ, A. Warsaw in 1750. Good violins… | Read |
| 278 | 254 | GUITON, R., of Cork. Good. | Read |
| 279 | 255 | HENRY. Paris. | Read |
| 280 | 256 | HOLLOWAY, John. London. 1794. | Read |
| 281 | 257 | DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS | Read |
| 282 | 258 | KOLDITZ, Mathias Johann. Munich, 1720-55… | Read |
| 283 | 259 | DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS | Read |
| 284 | 260 | Lippeta, J. G. Neukirchen, Saxony, 1771. | Read |
| 285 | 261 | DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS | Read |
| 286 | 262 | Amati school, but failed to rival their… | Read |
| 287 | 263 | and succeeded him; uses "hands," but pla… | Read |
| 288 | 264 | 1675-1740; died at 28; self-taught; an o… | Read |
| 289 | 265 | Carlsruhe. Hanover, Berlin, under Aug. R… | Read |
| 290 | 266 | PASTA, Domenico and Gaetano. Brescia abo… | Read |
| 291 | 267 | PICHOL. Paris. | Read |
| 292 | 268 | PREVÔT (or Prevost), P. Charles. Paris f… | Read |
| 293 | 269 | DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS | Read |
| 294 | 270 | Rota, Giovanni. Cremona, 1800-10; rough… | Read |
| 295 | 271 | those of Louis Guersan, his contemporary… | Read |
| 296 | 272 | than his father, and left some good viol… | Read |
| 297 | 273 | workmen. In 1841 he settled in Geneva, t… | Read |
| 306 | 282 | DUBOURG, GEORGE. "The Violin." H. Colbur… | Read |
| 315 | 291 | INDEX | Read |
| 316 | 292 | Goding's, Mr, collection, 178 | Read |
| 317 | 293 | Sound qualities of old and new violins,… | Read |
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