A Treatise on the Structure and Preservation of the Violin and All Other Bow-Instruments: Together With an Account of the Most Celebrated Makers, and ... of Their Instruments (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Excerpt from A Treatise on the Structure and Preservation of the Violin and All Other Bow-Instruments: Together With an Account of the Most Celebrated Makers, and of the Genuine Characteristics of Their Instruments

Having been engaged for the last thirty years in the restoration of such damaged instruments, and in the construction of new ones; and having, from my youth, studied music, mathematics, physics and acoustics, I consider myself better qualified to reason on this Art, with the practical experience gained during the above period, than one who merely understands the subject theoretically, or who only imitates the work of another without thinking for himself. Daily experience proves, that even many renowned instrument-makers fall into error in this respect; and I imagine that I shall not, be bestowing an unacceptable service on many reflecting per formers and lovers of music, in directing their attention to the best means of preserving a good instrument, and of improving a damaged one. The assurance of having produced a work of any real utility, would amply reward me for my labour.

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