Show I I r I f c JU JUI I Q e 7 e- e oo C-oo- oo oa VIOLIN I MAKING MAKING IS GREAT ART Common People Once Had Horror of Great Instrument 1111 making Is an art which dm a wider scope of knowl- knowl knowledge knowl edge than an any any other othe other says ays aS a'S Albert ind AlbertI-ind Ind of o Boston a maker of ot tine fine violins who has 0 owned ned and andI I 1 andu and 11 1 some orne of o the rarest brought ht Into this country Aside from be- be being ins be-ins mg ing a n musician and an artist th maker ranker must milt lun have halo e an nil accurate accurate ate of ot the science of ol n as the violin Is not only only t marvelous mu musical instrument instrument ment I I ut Is wonderful tural r rt we t hate l o a no modern vio- vio violins ylo lins t lal t tai to loan An Amati nr II a a l arl Is often otten ascribed to the fact that age ace which heh s the he we wt od and varnish mellows the tone lone c aI an In Instrument Age dos does mellow It but Lut to be great a violin 1 tc marvelously constructed td begin with and th that thit Is the work pork of o II n creative genius We Wo c can get the wood we caa as get the varnish garnish and we Ise e have tare e great to pattern attern after yet ct et the se- se sed sott d ici tt t t it tf then great greatness 11 has not been 1501 sold d It lies In their construction construction tion hon HISTORY or VIOLIN That Tut there thero have base e been no great makers since Stradivarius arlus can easily asHy bo be accounted for tor It Is only out about years vears since the lIe t be vio- vio violin vio violin lin to took Its pr present st nt form During tho first hundred years years ears the com com- common com mon people had lied a horror of ot It II The weird to the human voice pas as to the power of ot the theOe Oe 1 Royalty however patton patton- zed pation-zed violin olin makers and with nUb finan financial cial rial help belp and other encourage encourage- encouragement nent ment aided In the development ment of the arr are Since then the tho violin has bas become the instrument of o almost general popularity The demand tor large lal quantities made the quality quality ity drop Consequently the rIght men nten wire re not attracted to the tho art arc artl l 1 INE JlE VIOLINS On the other hand In recent years vears very ery excellent violins are arc being made Some of these die ate so good that the differ differ- enco the tho good and the great Ireat can an bo recognized only by bythe bythe bythe the artist Before the war nr a marked ad- ad vanci ad-vanci tancy anc In the appreciation of ot violin makIng as an art had bad begun and now It Is Js being furthered to such an extent that violin making Is consid consid- considered I consid-I considered anI I ered erect not lot only a great but the great great- greatest greatest greatest est d m creative creath e aits alts u Is In time rarelY IsI beautiful violins ns I will be bo sought Bought after just as rarely L l ul paintings are arc today Large I prices Hill ft III bP be paid and gr greater ater tai tai- tal talent tot ent will wll be bo attracted to the art arl tal-I tal |