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Scan 179
The heart of music; the story of the violin, 1906
5 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
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2The Lute Maker of Tyrol one of two readings
4he chose, and he found himself a workshop and began his real life as a maker of violins. The Italians recognised his gifts and accepted him with open arms; and in most ways his day of fame was a bright one. He quickly lost the German in his name and became, instead of Kaspar Tieffenbrücker, Gaspar de Duiffopruggar—which rather elongated and elaborated corruption seems to have been the nearest approach to his actual appellation of which his Italian admirers were capable. Tieffenbrücker—for so we must still call him, in spite of his newly Latinised name—became not only the friend and help of musicians, but the consort of the Italian nobles. Private orchestras had become the pastime then in Italy, as in Germany, and the princes of Bologna and other cities desired the best and newest styles of instruments to be added to their palace stock. Tieffenbrücker, whose personality was as rarely charming as his skill was unusual, quickly gained the confidence and liking of these erratic masters of the vogue. He was not without the gift of diplomacy, the simple lute maker from Tyrol. It was a pretty trick of his to ornament his choicest instruments with the portraits, arms, or coronets of influential princes, all in fine gold, exquisitely inlaid, and perfect in design. He
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