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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1collection at a price, no doubt, which left him a handsome profit upon the transaction, besides the pleasurable feeling in becoming the possessor of such a varied and remarkable number of instruments.
3Having given the reader all the information I have been able to collect concerning Tarisio, I will only add that he had advantages over all other connoisseurs, inasmuch as he found the instruments mostly in their primitive condition, and free from any tampering as regards the labels within them. He was thus enabled to learn the characteristics of each without fear of confusion. The days of taking out the labels of unmarketable names and substituting marketable counterfeits had not arrived.
5Another Italian, named Turina, encouraged by the success of Louis Tarisio's traffic in old Violins, endeavoured to follow in his footsteps, and was fortunate in securing a few fine works, of which he readily disposed in Paris. He wanted, however, the keen judgment of Tarisio, and soon found himself behind in the race.
7The principal buyers of Italian instruments on the Continent, when dealing in this class of property was in its infancy, were, Aldric, M. Chanot senior, Thibout, Gand, Vuillaume of Paris, and Vuillaume of Brussels. In London, among others, were Davis, Betts, Corsby, and John Hart. There was yet another, the omission of whose name would be a blemish in any notice of the Violin and its connoisseurs. I refer to Mr. Charles Reade, who, in
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