Books › The varnishes of the Italian violin-makers of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and their influence on tone;, 1904 › scan 45
Scan 45
The varnishes of the Italian violin-makers of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and their influence on tone;, 1904
26 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.
A town on its own line is one of the directory's headings. That is where the town on a maker's page comes from.
1way give a graphic idea of the movements of the different qualities of the varnish.
3Hardness ………….
4Viscosity ………… one of two readings
5Viscosity …………. one of two readings
6Transparency ……
7Brown …………….
9Red ………………..
10Yellow …………… one of two readings
11Yellow …………….. one of two readings
12Brescia …………… one of two readings
13Brescia …………….. one of two readings
14Cremona …………. one of two readings
15Cremona …………… one of two readings
16Venice …………… one of two readings
17Venice …………….. one of two readings
18Naples …………… one of two readings
19Naples …………….. one of two readings
21A.D. 1525 1550 1575 1600 1625 1650 1675 1700 1725 1750 1775 1800
23It is admitted that the generally expressed opinion, that the different varieties of the varnish had a common basis, is well founded. That this basis was used for other purposes is also admitted; but this is quite a different thing from admitting that the basis was a gum or that the special varnishes under consideration were known in commerce or were used for other purposes, which is explicitly denied.
25All the observers, inadvertently, describe effects of colour caused by refraction; the most striking description is that given by Mr. Hart when he likens the appearance of the back of a violin by Joseph Guarnerius del Jesù to "the effect produced by the "setting summer sun on cloud and wave." "The
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