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Filano, Donato

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  1. A dictionary of violin makers (1896)

    Filano, Donato. A maker of mandolines in Naples, in the rua di S. Chiara, about 1782. In a mandoline of very pretty workmanship, inlaid with mother-of-pearl on tortoiseshell, with purfling of ivory, was the MS. label: Donato Filano, fecit alla rua di S. Chiara, A.D. 1782, Napoli.”

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    2. Fiker, Johann Christian. Was working in Neukirchen (Saxony) in the first half of the 18th century. Label: "Johann Christian Fiker, Lauten und Geigenmacher in Neukirchen, bey Adorf."
    4. Filano, Donato. A maker of mandolines in Naples, in the rua di S. Chiara, about 1782. In a mandoline of very pretty workmanship, inlaid with mother-of-pearl on tortoiseshell, with purfling of ivory, was the MS. label: Donato Filano, fecit alla rua di S. Chiara, A.D. 1782, Napoli."
    6. Findlay, J. A maker in Padanaram, Forfarshire.

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

    Filano, Donato. A maker of mandolines in Naples, in the rua di S. Chiara, about 1782. In a mandoline of very pretty workmanship, inlaid with mother-of-pearl on tortoiseshell, with purfling of ivory, was the MS. label: Donato Filano, fecit alla rua di S. Chiara, A.D. 1782, Napoli.”

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    2. Fiker (Ficker), Johann Christian. Was working in Neukirchen (Saxony) 1700-22. Label: "Johann Christian Fiker, Lauten- und Geigenmacher in Neukirchen, bey Adorf."
    4. Filano, Donato. A maker of mandolines in Naples, in the rua di S. Chiara, about 1782. In a mandoline of very pretty workmanship, inlaid with mother-of-pearl on tortoiseshell, with purfling of ivory, was the MS. label: Donato Filano, fecit alla rua di S. Chiara, A.D. 1782, Napoli."
    6. Findlay, J. A maker in Padanaram, Forfarshire. He died 1896.

  3. An encyclopedia of the violin (1925)

    FILANO, DONATO, Naples, 1763 to 1783.

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    2. FICKER, JOHANN CHRISTIAN II, (Mark-) Neukirchen, b. 1758, d. 1822.
    3. FICKER, JOHANN GOTTLIB I, (Mark-) Neukirchen. b. 1744, d. 1832.
    4. FILANO, DONATO, Naples, 1763 to 1783.
    5. FIORILLO, GIOVANNI, Ferrara, 1780.
    6. FIRTH, ——, Manningham, 1877.
    7. FISCHER (FITTER), BRUDER, Milan, 1760 to 1764.
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  1. An encyclopedia of the violin (n.d.)

    FILANO, DONATO, Naples, 1763 to 1783.

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    2. FICKER, JOHANN CHRISTIAN II, (Mark-) Neukirchen, b. 1758, d. 1822.
    3. FICKER, JOHANN GOTTLIB I, (Mark-) Neukirchen, b. 1744, d. 1832.
    4. FILANO, DONATO, Naples, 1763 to 1783.
    5. FIORILLO, GIOVANNI, Ferrara, 1780.
    6. FIRTH, ——, Manningham, 1877.
    7. FISCHER (FITTER), BRUDER, Milan, 1760 to 1764.

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Printed in A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1896); An encyclopedia of the violin (1925); An encyclopedia of the violin (1925); An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1926), and nowhere else on this site: that is the entire basis of this maker’s record. Entries from 4 books stand under this name, and the software judged them likely the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record. No claim beyond the printed naming is invented here — not established is the accurate word for it, and we want to hear from you if that can change.

What the books say

Places and dates of work
Filano, Donato. A maker of mandolines in Naples, in the rua di S. Chiara, about 1782. In a mandoline of very pretty workmanship, inlaid with mother-of-pearl on tortoiseshell, with purfling of ivory, was the MS. label: Donato Filano, fecit alla rua di S. Chiara, A.D. 1782, Napoli.” reported1
Places and dates of work
Filano, Donato. A maker of mandolines in Naples, in the rua di S. Chiara, about 1782. In a mandoline of very pretty workmanship, inlaid with mother-of-pearl on tortoiseshell, with purfling of ivory, was the MS. label: Donato Filano, fecit alla rua di S. Chiara, a.D. 1782, Napoli.” reported1
Places and dates of work
Filano, Donato. A maker of mandolines in Naples, in the rua di S. Chiara, about 1782. In a mandoline of very pretty workmanship, inlaid with mother-of-pearl on tortoiseshell, with purfling of ivory, was the MS. label: Donato Filano, fecit alla rua di S. Chiara, A.D. 1782, Napoli.” reported1
Places and dates of work
FILANO, DONATO, Naples, 1763 to 1783. reported1
Places and dates of work
FILANO, DONATO, Naples, 1763 to 1783. reported1
Places and dates of work
FILANO, DONATO, Naples, 1763 to 1783. reported1

How the pages were read

6 of the 6 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 IN EUROPE”.

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The books behind this record

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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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  4. Alberto Bachmann, An encyclopedia of the violin (1925). archive.org, encyclopediaofvi0000albe_h3k7. https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofvi0000albe_h3k7.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  5. Bachmann, Alberto and Ysaye, Eugene, An encyclopedia of the violin (New York, Da Capo Press, n.d.). archive.org, encyclopediaofvi0000bach_r6r5. https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofvi0000bach_r6r5.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  6. Alberto Bachmann, An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1925). archive.org, encyclopediaofvi0000albe_u1d5. https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofvi0000albe_u1d5.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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