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The violin manufacture in Italy and its German origin : an historical sketch, 1906
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1and the same workshop were not always equally good or well finished; even masters of minor repute have turned out magnificent specimens; while, on the other hand, the Coryphæ have sometimes fallen behind their usual excellence in some point or other. If we make the peculiarities which we observe in any one instrument which happens to be at hand a matter for generalization, errors become naturally unavoidable, and representations made after this manner by pretended authorities who wish to appear more learned than they really are, find a ready circulation, and, after a time, become difficult to eradicate. Lastly, a general terminology is necessary, in
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