Antonio Stradivari: His Life and Work Hill W. H.Paperback
Antonio Stradivari: His Life and Work Hill W. H.Paperback Leading appraisers of fine musical instruments agree that in the art of making violins, no one has ever gone beyond the achievement of…
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Antonio Stradivari: His Life and Work Hill W. H.Paperback
Leading appraisers of fine musical instruments agree that in the art of making violins, no one has ever gone beyond the achievement of Antonio Stradivari. Collectors have paid many thousands of dollars for one of Stradivari's violins. The incomparable visual beauty of his instruments and the infinite variety and magnificence of tone of which they are capable have by this time passed into the realm of legend.
That is the book published in 1902 by the three Hill brothers of the London violin-making firm. It is strange, but true, that only one book really delves into the life and art of this famous Italian craftsman. Expert violin-makers and critics of superior violin craftsmanship, these men had unique opportunities to examine and compare almost all of the great examples of Italian violin-making.The larger divisions of the book concern the ancestry of Stradivari; his violins,