I had almost nothing but concert-masters and musical directors-twenty most excellent violins, eight tenors, eight splendid violin-Cellos, and five double-basses.
"Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 1"
Francis Hueffer (translator)
The moist air of the towns on the coast made the wood swell; the dry air of Central India, on the other hand, made it shrink, which was very injurious to pianos, but especially to violins and Cellos.
"The Coming Conquest of England"
August Niemann
If George shies at this, it can be tried again later-say during an "appassionato" passage for the violins and Cellos.
"Perfect Behavior A Guide for Ladies and Gentlemen in all Social Crises"
Donald Ogden Stewart