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Old Violins And Their Makers, 1883
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1CHAPTER V.
3DUTCH, BELGIAN, AND OTHER FOREIGN MAKERS.
5The impetus given to violin making by the great Cremonese makers was felt in Holland and Belgium as well as elsewhere. The latter country has long been noted for the manufacture of musical instruments of various kinds, although it has never greatly distinguished itself in the making of fiddles, and as early as 1557 the industry had become such an important one in the city of Antwerp that its members there requested admission into the famous Guild of St. Luke, which was then a powerful corporation. They obtained this privilege on the 28th March, 1557. The following statutes or rules, enacted for their guidance, refer chiefly to harpsichord makers, but they appear also to include such other makers of string instruments as may have then existed in Antwerp: "First. All the petitioners shall be obliged to inscribe their names immediately in the Guild of St. Luke; they shall take the oath, and pay the usual entry money. Second. As
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