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Scan 245
Old violins, 1905
14 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 223. See the scan on archive.org.
1the other a counterfeit, and was quite unable at the moment to decide which was which.
3Chanôt's copy of the Carlino or Kerlino 1454 viol, No. 14, South Kensington 1872 Exhibition, completely deceived me until I had the opportunity of handling both instruments at leisure.
5These frauds extend to bows. The Tourte and Dodd bows in existence that know not Dodd or Tourte are legion.
7I should recommend my readers never to leave a valuable bow in their case when they send their violins for repair.
9I lost a good Dodd myself in that way. Fine bows are not safe even in the orchestra anteroom; they get "changed." It seems so simple to some people, when a bow, a crush-hat, or an umbrella happens to be lying about, to mistake it for their own and leave theirs behind, especially if it is inferior in quality to the one they chance to catch up by mistake! As luck will have it, 'tis seldom a worse one that gets caught up!
11A friend of mine happened to leave a fine Tourte bow in his case, and then he sent his fiddle for repairs to a smart dealer who shall be nameless here. When the case returned, it had a bow in it, but it was a copy, and a very good copy, of a Tourte. In this instance the dealer restored the original under pressure.
13In everything connected with a fiddle and a bow I say, Beware! Beware! Further, let me say to amateurs, not one in a thousand of you, even with practice and opportunity, is fit to judge of a violin; you may easily
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