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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators. With numerous wood engravings from photographs of the works of Stradiuarius, Guarnerius, Amati, and others, 1875
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1at length happily successful. M. Vieuxtemps states that the last time the instrument was removed from the glass-case in which it has rested so many years, was upon the occasion of a concert given in aid of the charities of Genoa, when Signor Sivori was permitted to play upon the treasured Violin. Up to that time there was a ribbon around the instrument, which was secured at the back with the Corporation Seal—a very ill-advised mode, it must be confessed, of attaching the insignia of authority. To permit Signor Sivori to use the Violin, the seal and ribbon necessarily had to be removed, and in the performance of this delicate operation the seal carried away with it the lustrous varnish of Joseph Guarnerius. The mark where the wax adhered is distinctly seen in the engraving of the back of the Violin given herewith. The Corporate Seal is now very properly attached to the scroll, from which it hangs by a ribbon.
3Before closing my remarks on the illustrations, I must mention that I am much indebted to the able assistance I have received from Mr. Petherick, who has superintended that portion of the work. A lover of the Old Masters, he exerted himself to carry out my views with a zest rare to parallel.
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