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Scan 45
The reminiscences of a fiddle dealer, 1925
4 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 21. See the scan on archive.org.
1M. Jansen's 'Cello
3the Grand Hotel, to which they were to send the instrument; and after considering the matter they decided to write an explanatory note. This they did, saying that since they had sold him the fiddle, a large English dealer had called, in whose opinion they had entire confidence, and he had pronounced it to be by Banks, an English maker: therefore, although it followed the Amati make, it was not Italian and they held themselves bound in honour to consider the sale cancelled and would refund his money. The gentleman however declined to agree to this saying that he thanked them for their honourable conduct, and he would keep the violin.
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