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The Strad; a monthly journal for professionals and amateurs of all stringed instruments played with the bow, 1890
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1WHITELAW'S
2OREMONA AMBER OIL VARNISH
3The finest Violin Varnish in the World. Identical with the best of the old Cremona varnishes. Easily applied. Dries quickly. No staining required. Gives fine quality of tone. Enables an amateur to finish his work equal to the best of the old masters. Perfected up to date and nothing better in Violin Varnish can ever be made. The experiments have occupied years and have cost hundreds of pounds. All the Varnish now sent out is at least one year old. Unsolicited testimonials come in every day.
5—COLOURS—
6Pale Amber Yellow | Orange | Amati
7Dark Amber Yellow | Orange Red | Pale Ruby
8Dark Ruddy Brown | Dark Orange Red | Dark Ruby
9One Bottle is sufficient for One Violin
11PRICES—One Bottle, 4/-. Two Bottles, 7/6 Four Bottles, 12/-
12Post free within the United Kingdom
14VIOLINS VARNISHED AT FOLLOWING PRICES—
15Varnishing, 15/-. Taking off old Varnish and Revarnishing, 20/-
16Descriptive Pamphlet post free from the Inventor
17JAMES WHITELAW,
18496, St. George's Road, Glasgow.
19OR FROM ALPHONSE CARY, SOLE AGENT,
20(OPPOSITE THE LIBRARY), CLAPHAM, LONDON, S.W.
21Trade Mark, Pamphlets, and Labels are all protected.
23MUSIC STRINGS, WHOLESALE & RETAIL
24J. P. GUVIER & CO.,
25Manufacturers and Importers
26of all kinds of Strings
27FOR
28VIOLIN, VIOLA, 'CELLO,
29DOUBLE BASS, HARP,
30ZITHER, GUITAR, BANJO
31From 1d. upwards
32HAVE ALWAYS IN STOCK
33THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF ANY HOUSE IN THE WORLD
34EVERY STRING GAUGED
35WRITE FOR PRICE LISTS
364, Great Marlborough St., London, W.
37WALTER H. MAYSON,
38VIOLIN MAKER,
3962, OXFORD STREET, MANCHESTER
40Please write for Price List and Testimonials from those who buy and use the noted Instruments made by W. H. M. solely, who is prepared to visit intending purchasers—no matter what distance—with samples.
42J. WADE
43VIOLIN MAKER, EXPERT AND REPAIRER,
445a, PARK LANE, LEEDS.
45Has for sale a nice lot of old and new violins, including violin by
46JOSEPH ANTONIUS ROCCA.
47Turin, Fecit, 1830. With Bow and Case complete, £50. SEE THEM.
48REPAIRS—J. WADE has made 84 and repaired 3,067 bow instruments with his own hands. Send yours on.
50W. TEMLETT
51Wholesale and Retail Manufacturer of the
52AJAX & ZITHER BANJOS
5344, SOUTHWARK BRIDGE RD., BOROUGH, LONDON, S.E.
55JUST PUBLISHED.
56One Shilling. Post Free, Thirteen Stamps.
57Tone and Expression
58IN VIOLIN PLAYING
59OR
60The Art of Singing on the Violin
61BY
62R. WOOD.
63Lucid and practical instructions for the acquirement of a full and pure tone, the cultivation of musical feeling, and the power of expressing that feeling in violin playing. With numerous illustrations of the manner of rendering melodies with emotion and pathos.
64Pointing a sure and simple way to attain the power of making the violin express the utterances of the soul.
65MAY BE HAD FROM
66THE AUTHOR, LOWFIELD HOUSE, SHEFFIELD.
67OR
68Mr. G. W. SOUTHEY, Music Saloon, Barker's Pool, Sheffield.
70FRANK DEVONEY
71VIOLIN MAKER.
7263, MILBURN STREET, BLACKPOOL
73Author of "The Acoustics of Violin Making"
74See Honeyman's "The Violin How to Choose One."
76ANY GIVEN VIOLIN PERFECTLY COPIED & TONE REPRODUCED
77Just Published.
79THE VIOLIN AND BOW
80BY
81I. B. POZNANSKI.
82A TREATISE
83WITH THIRTY-THREE COPIES OF
84PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN FROM LIFE
85Supplemented by various Examples and Original Studies
86PRICE 7/6 NETT
87ST. CECILIA MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY, LIMITED
88182, WARDOUR STREET, LONDON, W.
90GENUINE AMBER VARNISH.
91PURE AMBER VARNISH made by REV. H. GORDON PALMER, HOLLYFORT, GOREY, CO. WEXFORD. Colorless, purest amber, yellow, orange, and bright ruby red such as Charles Reade so highly recommended of dragon's blood. All perfectly transparent and excellent in drying qualities.
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