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Scan 73
The violin maker, 1905
10 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 67. See the scan on archive.org.
1"But if he ruins the instrument?"
2"No matter; I will set it right. And we shall be able to declare triumphantly: 'See how little a pupil of Amati can do!'"
3Lomo brightened at this. What lay behind Scarlatti's words? His secret fear of attempting to repair the violin as its owner wished. That fact lay beyond Lomo.
4Klotz gave his whole attention to the work.
5Finally it was completed. All holes, all cracks, were patched and plastered, all blemishes removed, and any one who had seen it in its improved condition would have thought it a perfectly new instrument.
6"Apparently it is not badly done," said Scarlatti, jealously; "but how is it with the tone? That will be the test."
7Klotz took the bow and drew it across the strings.
8Just at this moment there appeared, as if called, the artist's self, to whom the instrument belonged. It was promised to him for that day and he had come to get it.
9He looked at the violin in astonishment. He
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