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The varnishes of the Italian violin-makers of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and their influence on tone;, 1904
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1PREFACE.
3The casual observations which led to the interesting research which forms the subject of this Treatise came as a "bolt from the blue."
5Experts who have had constant opportunities for studying the varnish on old Italian instruments have, without exception, accepted the theory that it is an oil-varnish coloured to suit individual taste, although in no single case have their own descriptions of its appearance been found to support this conclusion; various reasons and excuses have been suggested why modern violin-makers have been unable to reproduce it.
7No scientist or chemist appears to have given much attention to the subject, for the simple reason that no means have been available for a complete investigation. There are, no doubt, many accomplished chemists who find recreation in the study of music, but it is not to be expected that one of these would sacrifice a favourite and valuable old instrument for the sake of obtaining a few grammes of varnish on the chance of being able to obtain from it some satisfactory informa-
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