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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1Upon scanning this goodly list there will be found ample evidence that we in England have had makers of sufficient merit to entitle us to rank as a distinct school, a school of no mean order. We may, therefore, assume that Continental writers who from time to time have published lists of makers of the Violin, and have invariably ignored England, have erred through want of information regarding the capabilities of our makers both ancient and modern.
3The following list will be found to enumerate nearly the whole of the English makers, and the distinctive character of their separate works.
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