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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1early life, took the highest interest in old Italian Violins. We are indebted to him in a great measure for bringing into this country many of the most beautiful specimens we possess. Impressed with the charm of the subject, he visited the Continent for the pleasure it afforded him of bringing together choice specimens, and thus opened up the intercourse between England and the Continent for the interchange of old Violins which continues to this day. It would be difficult to find an instance where the intricacies of the subject were so quickly mastered as in his case. Without assistance, but solely from his own observation, he gained a knowledge which enabled him to place himself beside the chief Continental connoisseurs and compete for the ownership of Cremonese masterpieces. These were the men who laid bare the treasures of Cremona's workshops and spread far and wide love and admiration for the fine old works. Connoisseurship such as theirs is rare. To a keen eye was united intense love of the art, patience, energy, and memory of no ordinary kind, all of them attributes requisite to make a successful judge of Violins.
3In England the early collectors were the late Duke of Cambridge, the Earl of Falmouth, Duke of Marlborough, Lord Macdonald, and a few others. Later, Andrew Fountain, Esq., of Narford, Norfolk, became the owner of several fine Italian instruments, and made himself better acquainted with the subject, perhaps, than any amateur of his time. Among
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