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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1SECTION III.
2Italian and other Strings.
4UPON the strings of the Violin depends in a great measure the successful regulation of the instrument. If, after the careful adjustment of bridge, sound-post, and sound-bar, strings are added which have not been selected with due care and regard to their relative proportion, the labour expended upon the important parts named is at once rendered useless. Frequently the strings are the objects least considered when the regulation of a Violin is attempted; but if this be the case, results anything but satisfactory ensue. It is, therefore, important that every violinist should endeavour to make himself acquainted with the different varieties and powers of strings, that he may arrange his instrument with greater facility.
6Musical strings are manufactured in Italy, Germany, France, and England. The Italians rank first in this manufacture, their proficiency being evident in the three chief requisites for strings, viz., high finish, great durability, and purity of sound. There are manufactories at Rome, Naples, Padua, and Verona, the separate characteristics of which are definitely marked in their produce. Those
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