Show MUST BE HANDLED TENDERLY violin and Vw violoncello ello both extremely sensitive to changing atmospheric conditions the violin and violoncello are most sensitive to atmospheric conditions and suffer from atmospheric variations qui quitera quite telas aa much as the tender vo cal cords of tho the singer those who have attempted 16 to make the violin an ornament by hanging it upon tho the wall have had reason to repent taking such a liberty the violin loses its varnish and gradually its ita pitch and timbre the artificial heator heat of rooms in winter makes its tone raucous when it does not obliterate it entirely metal cases morocco covered aro are equally ally unfit for it A strong well varnished wooden case even though it be ba not especially attractive to tho the eye suits the susceptibilities of tho the violin much better certain qualities sometimes unsuspected in the wood play an important part in the falsification of notes causing progressive deterioration there was a time when manufacturers applied to their product several costs coats of paint I 1 e a concentrated solution of bf of sodium potash in boiling water the wood soon acquired a yellow tone and under tho the action of lights after drying the color darkened und and took on the aspect of the very old paint for commercial purposes this was waa all very well but what happened to tho the purchaser was waa that aa soon as aa ho he began to uso use his instrument exposed to the tha light the worked on the gelatin which the manufacturers manufacture rd employed to color the wood and prevented the penetrating of the varnish while some element in the of soda coda was converted into stone the violin suffered which impeded its tones and rendered it uso useless Mar harpers pers weekly |