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Scan 354
the history of the violin, 1864
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1—indeed, if report speaks true, astonished—the Parisians with the fulness of tone produced, being so different from that thin and hard quality of tone which they had been accustomed to hear. Captain West stated that Onslow and other celebrated musical composers had endeavoured to persuade him to sell the instrument to Servais. Be this as it may, the violoncello again came into the English market, and was purchased by the late Frederick Perkins, Esq., of Chipstead Place, Seven Oaks, Kent, about the year 1839; but this date cannot be positively asserted, although believed not to be much in error. This fine violoncello is now the property of Lieutenant-General Sir Hope Grant, G.C.B.
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