Rich County News | 1907-03-30 | Page 4 | Varnish Secret Lost

varnish secret lost the cremona varnish 1760 and so far the recipe has not been rediscovered whether it was a gurn gum or an oil or ft a distillation i from some borne plant or a chemi calIs not known not nor how it was mixed many theories regarding it have been advanced from time to timi time and dod who died in 1830 claimed to have rediscovered it lie ile employed others to make his violins but always varnished them himself ills allta varnish Is very superior and hla his violins command high prices the varnishing garnishing garni shing and polishing of a violin are done usually by a woman it rec requires cufre ti time me and practice for the finest are gone over as often as 39 times march circle