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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1around, everything in the utmost disorder. The furniture of the apartment consisted mainly of a chair, table, and the couch upon which lay the corpse. A pile of old Fiddle-boxes here and there, Fiddles hung around the walls, others dangling from the ceiling, Fiddle backs, Fiddle heads and bellies in pigeon holes; three Double-Basses tied to the wall, covered over with sacking. This was the sight that met the gaze of the authorities. Little did they imagine they were surrounded with gems no money would have bought from their late eccentric owner. Here was the famous "Messie" Stradiuarius, which had never had a bow on its strings, some half-dozen other Stradiuarius Violins, Tenors, and Violoncellos, the Chamber Gaspard di Salo Double-Bass in my possession, and Rugerius, now belonging to J. R. Bridson, Esq., besides nearly 100 Italian instruments of various makers. All these were passed over by the visitors as so much rubbish in their search for something more marketable. At last they alighted upon a packet of valuable securities together with a considerable amount of gold. A seal was placed upon the apartment pending enquiries as to the whereabout of the dead man's relatives. In due time, some nephews came forth and laid claim to the goods and chattels of the Italian Fiddle connoisseur.
3The death of Tarisio being communicated to Vuillaume, of Paris, he soon set out for Milan, and had the good fortune to secure the whole of the
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