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Scan 18
The violin maker, 1905
18 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 12. See the scan on archive.org.
1how it sounds to thee. Dost thou understand?"
3"Yes, sir," cried Matthias, joyfully, and seized the tool in haste.
5"Strike that pine there."
7Stainer pointed to the tree, many of which stood thick about him. Matthias hastened to strike, first one and then another, with short, sharp strokes, listening after each.
9"Well?" cried Stainer, watching with an expectant countenance.
11"I think," said Matthias, "I hear something that sounds as if one struck the back of an old violin with a finger."
13Stainer's eyes brightened with satisfaction.
15"My boy," he cried, and drew Matthias toward him, "thou art in the right; the good God has intended thee for a violin maker. There can be no doubt of it! And I will make of thee such a master of thy craft that the world cannot produce thy equal."
17"Oh, dear sir, how good you are to me!" cried Matthias, overcome. I thank you a thousand times, and I will do what I have
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