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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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1THE VIOLIN.
2FAMOUS MAKERS AND THEIR IMITATORS.
4SECTION I.
5The Early History of the Violin.
7THE early history of the Violin appears to be enveloped in darkness, and, in consequence, the usual diversity of opinion exists on the subject. The chief object of the writer of these pages is to throw light on the instrument in its perfected state, and more particularly on the masters known and appreciated. The origin, therefore, of the Violin requires but passing notice here. The subject has been most ably treated by M. Fétis, M. Coussemaker, and Sandy and Forster conjointly, to whose interesting works the reader is referred if desirous of extending his knowledge in that direction.
9Leaving the Cythara, Lyre, and Lute, together with the various offshoots of those instruments, in the keeping of the antiquarians, we will endeavour to start from the period when that important feature, the Bow, was introduced.
11The people of antiquity do not appear to have
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