Show famous violins the beauty and sweetness of Sara Sr brates sates ates tones are often commented on by people who never think of the tone being in any way due to the fineness of his iri instrument asa As a matter of fact Sara sate has two one is the renowned Doig boissier sier strad which ho he managed to secure in pari 3 for 1000 an hour or two before hill of london sent bent an offer for it the other other is ig one that had been used by which came to him through th roush his bon achille of course the latter instrument has an additional value from the circumstance cum stance of its f river riser ownership had bad several valuable violins and the instrument which he used in his later years vears a dated 1743 would probably co command namand something like if it could be put in the market now irdeen abe tb sum of 2400 has already been offered for it and refused refu ed and a report was wag lately circulated that had bad been tried but the instrument cannot be sold himself bequeathed it to the city of genoa and the municipal authorities there are keenly alive to the value of the treasure they have it bestowed in a glass case in the recess of a wall which is again encased in a heavy french plate glass the hole being closed by a massive door every two months the seals beals are broken and the violin is played upon for about half an hour in the presence of city officials and then it is replaced and put under municipal s seal eal this of course is done to keep the instrument in good condition pa 1 anini came by the violin in in a curious way I 1 A 1 french merchant lent him the instrument to play upon at a concert at leghorn after the concert brought it back to its ewt owner 1 er when ahe latter exclaimed to the deli delighted cited astonishment of the player never more will I 1 profane the strings which your fingers fincers have touched that instrument t is yours the genoa people have been in luck in the matter of violins who died last year wa was 8 a pupil of nd aganina presented him when a youth with a very fins fine instrument it was therefore but natural that should wish his violin to rest beside Paga ninis antl so today for a small fee you can iee ee both in instruments artru in the municipal niche at genoa cornhill magazine |