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Scan 19
The violin maker, 1905
10 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 13. See the scan on archive.org.
1promised—I will be a good scholar—that I will!"
3"Good! And I will talk with thy father today," Stainer promised the excited boy. "Moreover, thou canst enter upon thy apprenticeship with me at once, if thou wilt accompany me a little way. Thy goats will certainly not run away from this place, and we are not going far."
5Very willingly the boy accompanied his teacher. With the greatest attention he watched every movement of his hand, scarcely daring to turn his eyes away from the master, who explained to him why it is necessary to listen for the sound from the tree-trunk, and that one can only make use of those trees which sing loud and strong.
7By means of several trees that were lying on the ground Stainer showed his little scholar the "sounding-board," with the marks of the "years' rings" and the knots and curves upon it as they must be known to the skillful violin maker.
9Finally, after they had both sounded a number of trees and listened for the "clang"—during
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