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Scan 36
The violin maker, 1905
6 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 30. See the scan on archive.org.
1Through his industry, as well as through his talents, the little German gave his master much pleasure. Matthias learned so easily that Amati often looked with silent astonishment at him when he finished, in the workshop, the neck, the sounding-board, the edges, the touch-board, or some other part of the violin, or carved with skilled hand those light, elegant heads for which the instruments of Amati are particularly remarkable.
3It was soon seen that Matthias rose in favor with the Italian maestro, who reckoned him his best scholar.
5Beside Klotz worked two other young fellows, who were several years older than he. The one was Pietro Andrea Guarneri and the other Antonio Straduari. Both were afterward famous violin makers, and forced even their teacher, Amati, to compete with them for his fame. Besides these, there were several other young Italians in the workshop of Amati, of whom we will mention here only a certain Francesco Muraldi. He was a skillful worker, but of sullen disposition. Already he had seen, with jealous
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