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Scan 12
Violins, old & new, 1887
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3It is necessary to remember that the market value of a violin and its intrinsic value are two very different things; and just as in case of a Stradivarius or Guarnerius the market value has been raised [by scarcity to a fabulous] figure, so there are hundreds of instruments of first-class quality, which, if offered for sale, would fetch only a few pounds, simply because they are by makers whose names have never become famous. It is quite true that the two names we have just mentioned became famous solely on account of the sterling quality of their work; but it is equally true that violins have been made equal to those of Cremona, and between which and the Cremonese violins no possible difference beyond the name of the maker can be discerned, but which, at the same time, do not fetch one-tenth of the price of a "Strad." or a "Joseph," and will not do so until their merits are more widely known. That the price of Cremona violins will decrease, and that of their modern equals increase, we think there can be no doubt. The
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