Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-13
SKILL IN NIOLIN-M MAKING.
A LESSON IN CONSTRUCTION BY A
MASTER OF THE ART.

Nature of tn" instrument A Chat on
Wo"d~-A Valuable Piece of Spruce
Narnish. St,ing, aud Row.
MIR. 2. A Jo<cphs n vioh:r maker of San
Fran l~cu. was recently Inr"rvi. wed 10y a
rep"rtcr Stirling at tn hoEmniuE the re-
porter asked tho first Irln ii L. OF the hui
ness
We'll. sir" replied Mr.. Josephs, Il can
safely SAY. after forty Years of o>p'ricn .,
that the first thing i ould im res upon
d t,ru /. that fiddle III king Is u trade and
t rat violin maxim i an art You all make
"A fiddle hv machine and a st am
/ chest jo uull 1t. hut violin must l." made
. iy haml AMI gulrd,l from moisture As
,:ll, fully aS though II We ," Ic l~hable
t.cl.. IL l. the most sensitive " all in
,truuruts # >,uIuI ld the orly perfect
uua 1t Is 81 rrinT tu piano or an organ
l.-vu-" they can not bH p"rf'r tly tun l.
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Ire attained. auI If such Instruments are
per O.. tIy tune | tn y mu,t runsa luoutly lie
out NluI Instruments do not enter into
the. comp titi"n at all, as the can b. too
EASILY blown sharp OF fiat 10y the per
former
An EXPLANATION or PRINCIPLES.
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