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The reminiscences of a fiddle dealer, 1925
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1INTRODUCTION
2BY ELSIE M. LANG.
4The author of the following Reminiscences was born at Netherton, Kinross-shire, Scotland, in 1833 and was an only son. He was married at Stirling in 1855 and had six children by this union. After the death of his wife in June 1864 he married a second time in April 1865 at Rothesay and had twelve more children.
6He was quite a young man when he came to Glasgow and started business as an oil merchant, but although he earned a good livelihood he quickly found his hobby of fiddle-hunting much more interesting, if less profitable. The hobby became the business and the oil merchanting went by the board.
8He played first violin as an accomplished amateur and nothing gave him more pleasure than to take the violin part in one of Beethoven's sonatas when a capable pianist was available. Scottish songs—"John Anderson my jo," "The Land o' the Leal" and many others he rendered with charming effect, the tone he produced being wonderfully full and pure, and as he was a tall, well-set-up man, his presence was imposing. He had, of course, always a good instrument upon which to play and for many years was so fortunate
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