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The reminiscences of a fiddle dealer, 1925
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1Introduction
3as to have in his possession the "Alard" Strad. and the "King" Joseph Guarnerius. He did not reckon he could play at all except for his own amusement, and nothing would induce him to put a bow across an instrument in the presence of an artiste. For Lady Hallé's powers he had a profound admiration, always maintaining that she had done more than any other artiste to educate the public, particularly in Scotland, in all that is finest in the realm of music.
5Mr. Laurie was an indulgent father and great as his love for violins was, his love of children was greater. He would play bright little dance tunes to them for hours at a stretch, and when they had gone off for the night he could find time to carve out with his penknife a 'cute little boat or other toy in fine white pine for their further joy.
7His business was conducted from his house—36 Lansdowne Crescent, Glasgow—although London would have been a much more convenient centre for him, if only for its proximity to the continent, but he considered Glasgow's educational facilities and business openings for his family were better than those of London.
9Following a long illness that neither Parisian nor English specialists could do anything to relieve, he died in 1897 at Brussels, the town where he had spent so many happy hours among fiddles and fiddlers.
11Mr. Laurie had contemplated issuing these
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