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

Scan 13

The violin maker, 1905

8 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.

1The Violin Maker
3CHAPTER I.
5MATTHIAS HEARS THE RING OF THE TREES.
7In the southern part of Bavaria the wilderness of the Karwendel mountains stretches away toward the frontier of Bavarian-Tyrol, its weather-beaten precipices rising almost three thousand metres into the floating weft of clouds. The lovely market-town of Mittenwald nestles at their base, where the green Isar, their boisterous child, rushes noisily past. The stately pine forests surround it in wide, sweeping ranks, in whose depths the shaggy brown bear has dwelt for centuries, monarch of the German wild-wood.

The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.