Note 17 — Chronological Index of Contents. (continued 6)
Reading edition
From the leader of the Orchestra an employé in the manufactory, I then made the acquisition of a Violin by Lupot of Paris. I was so much struck with the full and powerful tone of this Instrument, which was then only thirty years old, that I immediately proposed an exchange for an Italian Violin, which I had purchased in Brunswick, and played upon in my first journey; the possessor of the Lupot willingly acceded to my desire. I soon got so fond of this Violin, that I preferred it to my hitherto Concert-Violin, an old german by Buchstetter, and from this time I played on it in all my travels.—————
It was not till the year 1822, when my artistic tours as Violinist had ceased, that I bought of Madame Schlick in Gotha my present instrument, a Stradivari, and yielded to Concert-master Matthaei of Leipsic at his urgent entreaty this Violin of Lupot, which in the course of years had become very good and had acquired a great reputation. Matthaei played on it till his death, when it came into the possession of Concert-master Ulrich.