Show r IS ALMOST YEARS UL LJ This Fiddle an Interesting and Valuable Valuable able Example of the tho Medieval Violin Makers Maker's Art St St. Louis Mo Almost Almost four h hun Bred dred years ago to be In 1523 Gasparo of od a maker of or sacred mOot mo- sales safes and violins built a fiddle Because Because Be Be- cause he did It as a sacred labor h het Imparted to It a tone and am an nI ornamentation which today makes tC It probably one of the most interesting and valuable examples of the medie violin makers maker's art In the country c H The Old ManThe Man The Instrument Is the property of ot Frederick L. L The owner own own- er calls It affectionately the old man and plays It when he has a concerto or an aria that demands peculiar peculiar pe pee culiar largeness of or tone The modern name of the violin h. h haa been gained from a finely carved head of or St. St Paul which ornaments th tha end of ot the handle and which probably probably ably served as an Inspiration to tha the original owner undoubtedly a monk Around the sides of the body of the Instrument In large letters Is carved this legend Nicole Nicolo de Roberti Robertl delta Domini ariese arlese del Bream On th the back are two mosaics one the head of ofa a monk probably the man who played it when It was new the other a picture picture picture pic pic- ture of ot the monastery and city ot of Brescia Mr secured the ln ln- strument some years ago through Mrs Mra Franz Kunze wife wire of or Dr Kunze and while he was studying In under under under un un- un- un der the famous violin master Hans Ham Sitt The violin has a most beautiful tone and some of ot its notes are almost cello like |