Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

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The violin, its famous makers and their imitators, 1887

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1prone to be continually unsettling their instruments by trying different bars, sound-posts, etc., without considering the danger they run of damaging their property instead of improving it. Should your instrument need any alteration, no matter how slight, consult only those who have made the subject a special study. There are a few such men to be found in the chief cities of Europe, men whose love for the instrument is of such a nature that it would not permit them to recommend alterations prejudicial to its well-being.

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