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The Violin, by George Hart
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Title: The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators
Author: George Hart
Release Date: July 1, 2007 [EBook #21982]
Language: English
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[Frontispiece: PAGANINI'S GIUSEPPE GUARNERI. Date 1743. (IN THE MUNICIPAL PALACE, GENOA.)]
THE VIOLIN ITS FAMOUS MAKERS AND THEIR IMITATORS
BY GEORGE HART
WITH NUMEROUS WOOD ENGRAVINGS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE WORKS OF STRADIVARI, GUARNERI, AMATI, AND OTHERS, AND ADDITIONS AND EMENDATIONS BY THE AUTHOR'S SON AND TOWRY PIPER
"To perfect that wonder of travel--the locomotive--has perhaps not required the expenditure of more mental strength and application, than to perfect that wonder of music--the Violin." W. E. GLADSTONE.
LONDON DULAU AND CO., LIMITED, 37, SOHO SQUARE, W. SCHOTT AND CO., 159, REGENT STREET. 1909
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PREFACE TO THE ENLARGED AND REVISED EDITION
The favourable reception accorded to the previous editions of this work has not only added greatly to the pleasure attending the preparation of a new and revised edition, but has encouraged me to spare no effort within my power to render the volume as interesting and complete as possible. In making these end