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Violins, old & new, 1887
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1Violins"; and, it appears, WILHELMJ and REMENYI have both found out in America that violins equal in every respect to those of Cremona's best makers, can be made to-day. It would, indeed, be strange were it otherwise. What these two artists have said on the point is reported by the Music Trade Review of New York, and that journal, we think, is too respectable and reliable to have fabricated these reports. It says: "WILHELMJ very frankly gave the name of a "man whom he believed destined to be known as "one of the greatest violin makers that ever lived; "REMenYI was more mysterious, but said very "decidedly that the time was coming soon when we "should find that we had with us a man who would "rival the greatest masters of the art of violin "making. From what we can learn from other "sources, we believe that neither of these artists is "extravagant in his predictions. There are at least "two men who have revived the lost art of violin "making. One is GEMUNDER, so highly praised by "WILHELMJ; the name of the other we shall give in "our second article upon this subject. Which of "these was referred to by REMENYI we do not as "yet know. From what REMENYI said about the "violin, it will be gathered that he has little enthu- "siasm for the violin on account of age alone. True, "he used a "STRADIVARIUS; but why? Not because "he supposed that age alone has given it its superior "qualities, but because, with the exception of the
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