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What a bargain!
Jim
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Well, considering that a dollar was likely a good daily wage when those ads were written, modern beginner violins are in the same ball park.
I need to get the Roy Ehrhardt series on Violin identification.
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Wonder how many people could afford a $10 violin in those days. 
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
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1901 census on wages for reference.
Mark
Master the Frog and you have mastered the bow.
Albert Sammons
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@Mark
thanks for posting, my wife and I enjoyed looking that over.
@Irv
i am very interested in finding literature on violin and bow makers, identification and variables.
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@Mark , it looks like my back of the hand estimate of $260 per year (5 work days/week x 52 weeks/yr) was a little low.
@steveduf . I have not seen it yet, but I have ordered the three volumes of Violin Identification by Roy Ehrhardt. All three volumes are available on one cd at our lottery broker for about $20.
I have also not seen but I am interested in Deutsch Bogenmacher by Grunke and Schmidt in two volumes. Text is in both German and English. I am trying to get from a library, but it is also available on google books. No idea how much that costs.
Success is the progressive realisation of a worthy ideal. —Earl Nightingale.
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Mark said :
Unskilled Female Vs NYC Male Teachers. Terrible
What about unskilled male and NYC Female teachers?
That's a very interesting chart. Thanks for posting it. Nice to see that we made some progress. LOL
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
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