Books › The "Tuscan". A short account of a violin by Stradivari, made for Cosimo de Medici, Grand duke of Tuscany, dated 1690, 1891 › scan 27
Scan 27
The "Tuscan". A short account of a violin by Stradivari, made for Cosimo de Medici, Grand duke of Tuscany, dated 1690, 1891
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1A Short Account of a Violin by Stradivari.
3It may be mentioned that, excepting the change of bass bar already referred to, the inside of the violin is untouched.
5We are able to add three illustrations of the "Tuscan" Stradivari which represent the instrument accurately, and give a very faithful rendering of its exceptional beauty. We are indebted for these plates to the admirable drawing of Mr. Alfred Slocombe and to the skilful superintendence by Mr. William Gibb of their reproduction by chromolithography. We believe that these illustrations are the first pictures of a Stradivari violin ever produced with sufficient accuracy to show its true colour, the character of the wood, and the minuter details of the master's workmanship.
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