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Scan 44
The varnishes of the Italian violin-makers of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and their influence on tone;, 1904
11 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1Either he neglected to make the observation, or, if he made it, he was so infatuated with his preconceived ideas that he simply ignored it.
2(no line here) one of two readings
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6The description which the Messrs. Hill give of the Maggini varnishes on the Dumas instruments is as follows (G. P. Maggini, 63):—"The varnish of the "violin is fine and abundant, and most pleasing in "colour, being of a peculiar golden yellow, subdued "in places with pale brown. It yields, when a good "light plays on it, effects delightful in their way, "embodying at once the fascinations of amber and of "gems such as the sardius and topaz, though no "doubt some part of this fascination is due to changes "effected by time." Of the viola:—"Time and men "have indeed dealt kindly with this noble instrument. "Not only is the wood intact, but the varnish shows "only slight signs of wear, and is of the finest quality "and most original colour, a rich golden brown, "ever ready to flash under the magic of light into "colour surprises which beggar words. In sunshine "the back seems compact of 'myriads of topaz lights,' "touched here and there with gleams of purple, "though here again, no doubt, time has done its "part" (66).
8This exhausts the various statements and opinions which it appears necessary to record; I have read a great deal more, both interesting and amusing, but, for the present purpose, I have failed to induce myself to take seriously the views put forward (e.g., Haweis).
10From these descriptions and from others to be found in the authors quoted, a rough diagram may be constructed which may in a general and imperfect
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