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Scan 60
The reminiscences of a fiddle dealer, 1925
6 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 36. See the scan on archive.org.
1The Fiddle Dealer
3I carried it over to the window, sat down and made a long and careful examination of it, the two gentlemen meanwhile talking together in another part of the room. It was a most beautiful and finely preserved violin of splendid workmanship, and was well covered with a light red varnish of great brilliancy and beauty. Its archings were a shade high and the purfling rather near the edges, which were only slightly raised from the table. The woods were of the most choice description and the shape and set of the ff's as well as the details of the head left nothing to be desired. The tone was simply magnificent. I spent such a long time examining it in every point and trying to remember if I had ever seen one like it that I felt obliged to apologize to the gentlemen for keeping them waiting so long. The owner assured me there was no hurry and that he was highly satisfied to see me examining it so thoroughly. After a good half hour I reluctantly rose quite undecided as to the maker. That it was Italian there was no doubt, and that the maker of it must have made many before he could turn out such a one was also beyond dispute. Quite possibly too he had made others after this masterpiece. Where then were these others and who was the great workman? I could not solve the problem and handed back the violin to M. Gand in silence.
5M. Gand asked me if I could name the maker. "No," I said, "I cannot." He next asked me
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