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The instruments of the modern orchestra & early records of the precursors of the violin family : with over 500 illustrations and plates, 1910
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1Dr. Stelzner has abandoned them in favour of the ellipse and the parabola, and by accurately following out the measurements determined by these natural laws, an instrument can be produced from a diagram, which, fresh from the
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5Fig. 1.—Outline of the Cremona and Stelzner Violins. Showing the top block and Soundholes (Stelzner.)
7hands of the maker, will immediately speak readily in tones of great beauty. A great increase in the volume of tone, compared with that of the best old Italian masterpieces, is also undeniable. Dr. Joachim on testing the instruments, twice consecutively mistook a Stelzner for his own Strad.
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