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Show I Varnish Secret Lost. The Cromona vnrnlsh disappeared slijut 17C0, nnd so far tho reclpo has not been redlscovorod. Whether It was a tpura or an oil or a distillation from some plant or a chemical Is not known, nor how It was mixed. Many theories regarding It havo been advanced ad-vanced from tlmo to tlmo, und Dod, who dlod In, 1830, claimed to havo rodlscovored It. Ho employed others t.o make his violins, but always varnished var-nished them himself. Ills varnish Is vory superior, nnd his violins com-" com-" mand high prices. The varnishing and polishing of a violin are dono usually by a woman. It requires tlmo nd twactlcojTortho finest Instruments aro gono over as ofton as 30 times. March Circle |