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The violin manufacture in Italy and its German origin : an historical sketch, 1906
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1which tradition and legend have woven a veil.
3Certainly it is extraordinary that through the Praxis alone a violin model could be created, which, while offering beauty of form, and an easy manner of performance, should prove, with regard to richness and power of tone, to be the best which can be invented, notwithstanding the numerous endeavours which have been made, accompanied in part by the most rigorous and ingenious scientific enquiry. Even the preparation of the Italian lac—upon which such store is set by amateurs and collectors, and which, for colour, fire, and transparency, has never been equalled—must be regarded as a secret.
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