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Palma, Paolo

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  1. A dictionary of violin makers (1896)

    Palma, Paolo. Worked in Lucca about 1760.

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    2. Palate. A maker in Liège about 1710. He followed the Italian pattern, and left some excellent instruments.
    4. Palma, Paolo. Worked in Lucca about 1760.
    6. Pamphilon, Edward. A maker in London, on London Bridge, about 1680-90. His instruments were of small pattern, very much arched, and generally of stiff, inelegant outline; the work carefully and delicately finished; the sound-holes small, sometimes finished with a drawn-out curl like the volute of a scroll, the bottom curve running out almost at right angles to the axis of the violin; the heads too small, an ordinary failing of the early English makers, but artistically shaped and often deeply scooped in the volute. The purfling is often double, and he used a very fine yellow varnish which looks extremely well; the tone is clear, pure, and penetrating. He also made tenors of small pattern but of good tone; no violoncellos of his are known, for at that time the bass-viol with the flat back was still in use. His instruments are still much liked; their similarity to those made in Brescia led to labels of "Gasparo da Salò" being placed in them, a deception all the more easily carried out as few Pamphilon labels exist. Label: "Edward Pamphilon, April the 3rd, 1685."

  2. A dictionary of violin makers (n.d.)

    Palma, Paolo. Worked in Lucca about 1760.

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    2. Palate. A maker in Liège about 1710. He followed the Italian pattern, and left some excellent instruments.
    4. Palma, Paolo. Worked in Lucca about 1760.
    6. Pamphilon, Edward. A maker in London, on London Bridge, about 1680-90. His instruments were of small pattern, very much arched, and generally of stiff, inelegant outline; the work carefully and delicately finished; the sound-holes small, sometimes finished with a drawn-out curl like the volute of a scroll, the bottom curve running out almost at right-angles to the axis of the violin; the heads too small, an ordinary failing of the early English makers, but artistically shaped and often deeply scooped in the volute. The purfling is often double, and he used a very fine yellow varnish which looks extremely well; the tone is clear, pure, and penetrating. He also made tenors of small pattern but of good tone; no violoncellos of his are known, for at that time the bass-viol with the flat back was still in use. His instruments are much liked; their similarity to those made in Brescia led to labels of "Gasparo da Salò" being placed in them, a deception all the more easily carried out as few Pamphilon labels exist. Label: "Edward Pamphilon, April the 3rd, 1685."

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Places and dates of work
Palma, Paolo. Worked in Lucca about 1760. reported1
Places and dates of work
Palma, Paolo. Worked in Lucca about 1760. reported1
Places and dates of work
Palma, Paolo. Worked in Lucca about 1760. reported1

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3 of the 3 lines here were read from machine text (software that turns a photo of a page into words), not by a person looking at the page image. 2 of them rest on a section heading above a list of names, not on a trade word printed on their own line: “A DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS.”, “VIOLIN MAKERS.”.

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  1. Read from machine text (software that turns a photo of a page into words, or a typed transcription), not by a person looking at the page image. ↩

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  1. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  2. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol1899stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol1899stai.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  3. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London ; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai_0. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai_0.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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