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The Story of the Violin, 1914
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1CHAPTER XIV.
3TWO GASPAROS.
5Who was the first lute, viol, or cabinet maker (it matters not) to introduce the form of the modern violin? This question has not yet been satisfactorily answered, though it is often dismissed with the reply that it was Gasparo da Salo, and on his head, therefore, the violin world has heaped sole honours of authorship.
7Although there can be no doubt that Da Salo's violins are among the first of which we have absolute evidence, the possibility of his not being the first maker has long been felt. Indeed, an opinion is now widely prevalent that the real invention of our kingly instrument must be ascribed to another Gasparo; or, at least, that this other Gasparo shares with him the honours.
9He was a certain Gaspar Duiffoprugcar. To many of our readers perhaps a new and strange name in such illustrious company, but it will be found that its bearer's claims stand close inspection indeed. Who was this Gaspar Duiffoprugcar? He was a maker of lutes and viols of the most marvel-
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