The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-16
MISS ORLOPP'S APPEARANCE
Mor Night the Only Opportu-
nifty to Hear Her This Season.

Some people having other interests have
been very industriously circulating the re-
port that Miss Orlopp could be heard soon
by the people of Indianapolis without going
to the Press Club concert tomorrow. The
only comment necessary is the mere state
mont that Miss Orlopp has no engagement
and will not make any to play at any enter
tainment that is now planned for this city
during the spring. She has been asked to
play, but under the circumstances did not
feel that il would be doing justice TO herself
or to the Press Club to accept the offer.
The last rehearsal Of the indianapolis Mu-
steal Society will be held tonight at Tom
linson Hall. There has been a very good
sale of seats, and a good attendance is ex-
pected.
Miss Orlopp uses a violin that was made
by a woman. 1t is one of a very few that
bears this unique distinction. When she
was studying under Wilhelm in London
he soon discovered hat her violin, while a
good one, was not one that had the tone
that is really good at the beginning. Will
helmj had a number of fine old instruments,
so ne selected one of them one day when
her to try 1t. She was delighted with 1t,
and when she left him that day she carried
two violins-her own and the one IvilhelmJ
had owned. When he saw the pleasure
with which she handles the fine old instru-
ment he told her to take 1t with her and
use 1t just as long as she desired. 'Wnen
you find a violin you like better than this
one" he said, you can send this one back
to me-. Until then it is yours" Miss Orlopp
has a letter received by WiihelmJ when the
Rose, in which the price is stated at $50
&450), but Wilhelmj says the violin should
easily sell for 500 at any time, and even
really fine instrument. To Miss Orlopp its
greatest value, aside from its almost match
less tone. is the fact that 1T was presented
to her by Wilhelmj, one of the greatest Nv
ing violinists. Some critics deny that Ii was
made by a woman, although the records in
Paris show that 1t was made by florentine
Chanot, and was awarded the only gold
medal at the Paris exposition in 1921. The
critics point to the boldness of the scroll on
the head and declare that no woman would
and SO massive. but say that if it were the
work of a woman the fact would be shown
by its softer lines in the curves of the scroll
and by a general air of femininity in the
outline, whereas the entire design is really
much holder than would usually be expected
even in the work of a woman. 1t Is not
denied that this is the violin exhibited by
F1orentine Chanot, but the critics have
carefully traced the history of the woman
and find that she was a violin-maker of
note at the time and that her house was a
sortof resort for the gathering of all others
of Paris engaged i'm the same work. Rea-
soning from this. they declare that this vio-
lin was made by one of the many men who
frequented her home and presented to her
as a token of his regard, and, being a fine
instrument, was exhibited by her. Floren-
tine Chanot has a grandson IN Soho street,
London, known as one of the "fiddle-mak-
ers of old Soho" When he heard that this
violin had been presented to Miss Orlopp he
was very much displeaSed, for he did not
like the idea of its being taken out of Eng
land, but he was gracious enough to say
that since IL was going away from the
island. he was glad 1t was in the hands Of