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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
6 lines. Read by computer on 1 October 2026. Printed page 295. See the scan on archive.org.
1double case was formally opened and the Violin described above was taken out. "Is that the Stradivarius?" I scarcely knew, for the moment, whether my interrogator was in earnest, so ridiculous was the question. It remains only to be said that the Russian authorities were memorialised and furnished by me with a full description of the instrument; but to this moment its whereabouts have never been discovered.
3QUICK RECOVERY OF A STOLEN TENOR.
5Many years since a young man brought to us a Tenor, which he offered for five pounds, saying that his father had sent him to dispose of it, as he was in straitened circumstances. The instrument was a very fine Nicholas Amati, and well known to us as the property of a near neighbour in the same business as ourselves. The would-be seller was questioned, and his answers being anything but satisfactory, we detained him while our neighbour was communicated with. The case in which the Viola was kept in its lawful home was opened and was found to be empty. The Amati was received by the owner with much delight, and the thief handed over to the arm of the law. The man had been employed for a few days as an assistant porter. Little did he think he was carrying a detective in the form of a Tenor!
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