CHAPTER V.

Stradivari's Great Success--His So-called "Grand Epoch"--His Patrons--His Violins Reputed for Tone when Quite New and Sought After--The Help He Received--His Assistants and Pupils--Parts of the Work Requiring His Individual Touch--The Members of His Family who may have Assisted Him--Stradivari's Varnish--His Imitators 22