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The violin manufacture in Italy and its German origin : an historical sketch, 1906
2 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 5. See the scan on archive.org.
1It seems, however, erroneous to ascribe to any peculiarity of manipulation in the manufacture, the superiority of tone which characterises the Cremonese instruments, seeing that the rules adhered to in their construction have been made quite clear to observant and thoughtful masters of the craft by means of disjointed specimens; and experience teaches us that modern instruments constructed on similar principles, would, in the course of time, equal them in tone, and facile tone production. The chief difficulty with which the modern violin manufacture has to contend, is one which, unfortunately, it has to some extent itself engendered, and which arises from the fact that it can-
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