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Old violins, 1905
12 lines. Read by computer on 27 September 2026. Printed page 178. See the scan on archive.org.
1with its own belly by Vuillaume, is now known as the Spanish Bass.
3It was sold for £800, and exhibited in the south Kensington Collection of 1872 (No. 188).
5On one occasion, says Charles Reade, Tarisio was crossing the Bay of Biscay with his famous Spanish Bass. The ship rolled; Tarisio clasped his treasure tightly and trembled. It was a terrible gale, and for one whole day they were in real danger. "Tarisio spoke of it to me," continues his friend, "with a shudder. 'Ah! my poor Mr Reade,' he exclaimed, 'the Bass of Spain was all but lost!' " As to Tarisio also being lost, that did not seem to matter so much!
7It is not too much to say that, with hardly a memorable exception, all the great Cremonese and Brescian fiddles, which now command such prix fous, have passed through the cunning hands of Luigi Tarisio the pedlar, and most of them have at one time been benefited by the tender and artistic skill of Vuillaume, his great patron.
9When Tarisio, who by this time wore a decent coat, and no longer carried Cremonas in a sack on his back, visited England in 1851, he was received by the whole trade as a person of rare quality, as indeed he was.
11Mr John Hart took him to see Mr Goding's unique collection. As one by one the owner took his treasures out of a glass cabinet, before ever he had got within two paces of Tarisio, he was amazed at hearing their names called out. A glance was sufficient. Tarisio had
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