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Old Violins And Their Makers, 1883
6 lines. Read by computer on 27 September 2026. Printed page 310. See the scan on archive.org.
1the curators of that museum recognised in the music that filled their ears the passionate demand of the violin itself to be placed in the care of him whom its master at one time loved and taught.
3Annual exhibitions of violins, such as that held at South Kensington in 1872, are quite another thing, and would be a most precious boon to all genuine lovers of the instrument, and, at the same time, prove the most certain means that could be devised for putting an end to those frauds which I am afraid are of almost daily recurrence. It is impossible to over-estimate the value of these opportunities for observation and comparison, and all true connoisseurs would, I feel sure, lend their hearty assistance to such a project.
5With the exception of a few remarks upon Ole Bull's celebrated violin and a general list of foreign and native makers, I have now completed this book. If I have sometimes appeared to my readers too prolix, I trust they will believe that the fault has been caused by my wish to place before them all the information regarding this charming instrument that I had at my command.
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