Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-17

| my faify.iale books.
Tho lnat possessOr Of my Amuti had
| been ApOllin0ire de konzli, violin
| Nrtuoeo OF great celebrity and director
| Of the Conservatory of Music at War
Jaw. the capital Of Poland. Chevalier
| dc kOnzhi the famous pianist who has
made America bis home for the last
| few years, Is his brother
With this Amati / made my debut in
the United States and il caused me Sc
rious pain when ] parted with II. ]
| lovcl It's elegant proportions, its grace.
| il beautiful oungetntcd varnish and
above all It's silycry liquid tones
and it was The partner OF my earliest
lriumphs I'm America as it bad been In
Europe. Some fiddle fancicr of Cincin-
natl or Louisville 20 me unknown,
bought Il for bis collections and It
would be my pleasure to know its fate
nhd It's present abode.
TWO STOLEN VIOL1NS.
When I came to America. besides the
Amatl | had violin given me by Fran
co.'s Grand. successor to Nicolas Lup0t.
Monsieur Grand was appointed violin
maker 10 the conservatory. an honor
which Is attended with many benefits
and much envied. On n recent trip to
Europe ] visited the establishment OF
Messicnrs Grand and Bernardo. his sue
ceasors, and Monsieur Eugene Grand.
second SON of Francois took down from
tne shelves NJ his Office q book and
showed me the number of this mstru-
meut and record Of It's gift to me. ns
written by his fnther.
49, me first year OF my arrival IN New
1ork my parents and / were invited TO
see the parade on 81. Patrcks dny. ON
our return we found the rooms ram
sacked, my icwclry. some medals given
me by musical societies. and this grand
Nlollh. all stolen My luther udytr-
used with the usual offer of reward
Hnd no questions uskcd:' he COM
planned 20 tic police also. but 10 was OF
no avail; my grand violin was never
! dare shy that under the present
management of the New York police il
would be different; certainly they adj
Wt,e things better in san Francisco.
'u. on my first visit To California IA |
N.Wt'i was stolen from my rooms at the |
NHaeutm hotel THE violin ,yl4 !
i9nId In q pawnbroEcr's shop and tho |
, .oi sGnt to ~ Quentin jail for sew
PIlYSIoGNONY or VIOLlNs.
When | reached the age of ~ II
was thought advisable TO give me n
Nolln OF larger dimensions. and An
sustc Mireinout nc one of his pnrly
VISITS TO Europe was commissioned to
sSie't one. Mircmont was an excellent
violin maker established I'm New Yorl,
on Broadway near Bond street Ia
1ropgh back a violin found in the col
lection OF Signor Turisio that jean Ban
uSte Nuillaunc, the rich and celebrate
ca iutier bought entire after Tnrl,i5's
death. Luigi Torisio was n curious
personality in the violin market Ris-
ins rom the humble bench of n jour
ncEhhh carpenter iu Milan he became
me greatest connoisseur of old violins
thnt has existed
Mr. George Hart relates chat Mt
VISIT OF Inrsio 10 bis father n Loudou
10 1891. Tarlsio was anxious 10 sep the
Sner collection of Crcmonu violms I'm
england. aud he took him TO SEQ Mr.
Jumes Cooling. whose collection yyns
considered the finest in an l2uropp I'm
on Mr. Cooling taking ont Tho snori-
mems Of the old masters which Ind rnst
Il fortune mud a lifetime 10 bring to.
gether from their resting places ON
shelves 0t tue end Of a long room Tar.
isio would call out the moicr Of aocb
instrument before the proprietor had
tiihe 70 advance two PAGES toyynrd him
- ht the same time giving to understand |
that he knew the instruments. the prcnt-
or number had been In his possession.
We result OF ms incessant researches i'm |
ltaly' France and SPain.
FAMOUS OLD INSTRUMENTS.
From the unique collections found nj
lhs ueatil IA the poor lodgings TINT he or-
|
Iorta Ierreplin in Milan cnmc NV La.
reno Gu4dagmui violin. of which Air.
NcofSe Kart often said that no boL
never seen ono in such fine prcservotion
unI extracted from me the promise In
suii " 70 nm when ] wished to pnrt
~, ~, n lHla promise was made in 1872:
poor Mr.. Hart died last yeat-mv Gun,
dagnini Is still with me aud l trust viii
remain always. ''"'' wiz
Inc last time this instrument WINS
ne'ru IN public was ut the Philhnripon-
l ISo society OF New York IN Fobruary
by Max Bruch.
In 1857 | secured one Of the yiolins
VI Inc quartet of string Instruments
exhibited by Auguste Afiremont M tLo
inrs Universal exposition of thnt ,sn,.
!, ms quartet Of string instruments tool
Iino1 nIal prize gold medal The violin
had been played before the itrv 80
award by Herr Joseph Joachim
had q duplicate made of this ipstrr.
leAt winch ] presented to my friond
samuel 5. Sanford Of BridgeporE
In 1871 Louis DEryiIlc. ESQ. a well.
W., 1iinateur OF London, whom /
Joseph Guarnerius del Gesu' which he
hnd seen nc the shop Of Hart md Son
then located in Prince Street, Leicester
square There / repaired by appoint
~ ~ the next day, tried the violin
mud then we all three -D'Egville. Hart
and myself drove TO the ST. James
llull' the largest concert hall In Lon
lon' To test the powers of the mgtru-
ment' l was Wen satisfied. The violin
perfectly equal 'N'
Absolute equality on all the strings Ia
essential, but hard TO dpl in a violin.
lhe or first string viii DE brilliant.
quickly responsive, the G. ar F,,,,D
string yigorous, full of sorority. tho 4
ana ID, the two middle Strings Win
sound dull, imperfect or vice versa. he
les paid q small fortune for tbis
.imrnerius and il remains IN my collec-
non the most valuable OF my ipstrp-
ncnts. IL Is labelled:
Joseph Guarpcrius fccit -
Cremonac Ammo 1927
his
ON my first appearance nt the Phil.
harmonic society of London | plnvnd