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The violin manufacture in Italy and its German origin : an historical sketch, 1906
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1the Italians—perhaps by the Neapolitans (?)," still the statement is open to doubt. In ancient times England displayed great activity in the production of instruments played with the bow, at the same time seeking out, and renumerating freely, performers upon the violin and viola. Is it not possible that the metamorphosis from the original bow instruments to the violin took place in that country? Further, it is by no means improbable that the violin was introduced into Italy from Germany; for there were masters whose names hint at a German extraction by whom the manufacture of the violin proper was first cultivated in Italy. The history of ancient commerce is in
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