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The Violin Gallery: Comprising: Section I. South Kensington Special …, 1890
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1at hand would permit; thus the Brescian school is represented by Gaspar di Salo and Paolo Maggini; the Cremonese school by its great founder, Andreas Amati, his illustrious nephew, Nicholas Amati, and his pupils Stradivari and others; the Venetian school by the great masters, Montagnana and Sancto Seraphin, the Neapolitan school by Grancino and Landolphi; and the German, or Tyrolian school by Jacob Stainer and the Klotz.
3In instances where two views of the same instrument are given and one appears longer than the other, it is caused by the same distance from the camera not being maintained during both exposures. With some few exceptions, where copies are taken from books, and which are duly indicated, the pictures shown herein are taken from the instruments themselves and are guaranteed to be correct and genuine; and THE VIOLIN GALLERY will be found to be of valuable assistance when used in connection with Hart's Violin Works and Fleming's "Old Violins," as frequent mention and reference are made in them to instruments herein shown.
5To the fanciers of the musical instrument which has always stood at the head and which is daily becoming more popular, I respectfully submit this volume.
7GEO. A. DISSMORE.
9DES MOINES, IOWA, 1890.
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