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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1purchase were related. Lindley was much amused, and expressed a wish to possess the rescued instrument, though it had been much injured. The price was agreed upon, and the Violoncello thus passed from the most humble to the most exalted player in one day.
3THE PAINFUL OPERATION.
5An ardent lover of the Violin, and possessor of a charming Stradiuarius, which he prizes next to his own existence, had occasion to submit the cherished object to the judgment of a well-known Fiddle-doctor, on account of a slight derangement of its interior organism. Before the coverlet was removed from the patient, the learned doctor was well lectured and catechised as to the system that he adopted in his healing profession. Having passed through this ordeal to the entire satisfaction of the owner of the Violin, the coverlet was lifted, and the instrument given over to the repairer, who was then finally cautioned and implored to handle it tenderly. The preliminary examination was at once proceeded with. Gentle taps upon the chest of a Fiddle-patient are equivalent to the use of the stethescope upon the chest of ordinary mortals. These taps were given in rapid succession, until a weakness showed itself. The owner looked enquiringly at the doctor, anxious for the delivery of his opinion. "There is no help for it—the belly must come off." With great reluctance
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