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Old Violins And Their Makers, 1883
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1experiments is on record, and the evidence of their success is acknowledged to be visible in the latest examples of his manufacture. There can be no doubt that since the beginning of the eighteenth century, when varnish making developed into a regular industry, and the demand for these colouring matters and resins greatly increased, their integrity has been, and still is interfered with to a very considerable extent, even before their arrival in this country. In some cases the original colouring matter is no longer to be met with, and substitutes more or less satisfactory, have to be employed. This is, unfortunately, the case in regard to dragon's blood, a very important item in violin varnish. The great Cremonese makers had an important advantage over the moderns in this respect.
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