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Scan 27
Violins, old & new, 1887
4 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 23. See the scan on archive.org.
1tone being found in new fiddles, the following quotations from Gemunder's book:—"This violin was "exhibited by me for the purpose of proving to the "world that I can make violins that have the tone "which has been sought for a long time since the "death of the celebrated Italian masters, since which "all attempts have miscarried, and I confirmed this "fact in a circular added to it. But what was the "result? It was not believed. In the Exhibition "of Vienna my violin was mistaken for a genuine "Cremonese violin, not only for its tone, but for its "outer appearance, which was so striking an imitation "according to Joseph Guarnerius, that a newspaper "of Vienna made the observation: 'George Gemunder cannot make us Germans believe that the "violin sent by him is new; a bold Yankee only can "put his name in a genuine instrument, in order to "make himself renowned!'"
3Since the publication of the first edition we have made a trial of one of the "Joseph Guarini" violins, through the courtesy of the agent, Mr. Hargreaves, of Booth Street, Piccadilly, Manchester, who sent us a specimen under circumstances which showed it was not specially selected for the purpose. Joseph Guarini is a Genevan, descended from the Italian poet Guarini (A.D. 1612), but has settled at Germigny, in the Vosges, where, in conjunction with Jules Martin, he is engaged in producing these specimens of the violin tribe. The joinery is perfect, the double purfling
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