Bow & Bridge

Ruppert, Franz

As printed

  1. The violin: its famous makers and their imitators (1884)

    RUPPERT, Franz, Erfurt, 18th century.

    scan page 335, line 8See the scan

    Read the transcript line

    This is what the software read off the scan, not the page itself. The cited line is marked, and three lines either side are shown for context.

    scan page 335, line 8

    1. REICHERS, August, Berlin, now living. Pupil of Bausch of Leipsic.
    2. RIESS, ——, Bamberg, about 1750.
    3. ROTH, Christian, Augsberg, 17th century.
    4. RUPPERT, Franz, Erfurt, 18th century.
    5. SAINPRAE, Jacques, Berlin, 17th century. A Baryton Viol of this maker is among the musical instruments at the Kensington Museum. It is said to have belonged to Johann Quantz, the famous flute-player.* The Baryton was a favourite instrument with Haydn. He composed several pieces for the instrument, and was fond of playing it. The Baryton, or Viola di Bordone, is of the character of the Viole d'Amour, being strung with sympathetic metal strings. It is, however, a larger and more complicated instrument.
    6. SAWICKI, ——, Vienna, about 1830.
    7. SCHEINLEIN, Mathias F., 1710—1771. High built; dark varnish.

  2. An encyclopedia of the violin (1925)

    RUPPERT, FRANZ, Erfurt, 1800 to 1809.

    scan page 62, line 23; scan page 64, line 45See the scans: 62, 64source record

    Read the transcript line

    This is what the software read off the scan, not the page itself. The cited line is marked, and three lines either side are shown for context.

    scan page 62, line 23

    1. RUGGERI (RUGIERI), FRANCESCO, Cremona, 1645 to 1700. The eldest and best violin maker of this family. His varnish is bright and transparent and of a deep red color. He always managed to give his violins a clear and broad tone. One of his instruments of the year 1665 was bought by Ole Bull for $2000. Another is in the possession of Theodore Hammerle of Vienna. The label used by Ruggeri is reproduced on Plate 5, and one of his instruments on Plate 13.
    2. RUGGERI (RUGIERI), GIACINTO Gio. BATTISTA, Cremona, 1666 to 1696.
    3. RUGGERI (RUGIERI), VINCENZO, Cremona, 1690 to 1735. A son of Francesco, but less important than his father. A fine instrument of his is in the Imperial Collection of Musical Instruments in Berlin. Beethoven had one labeled 1690, which was given to him by Prince Lichnowsky.
    4. RUPPERT, FRANZ, Erfurt, 1800 to 1809.
    5. SACCHINI, SABBATTINO (SEBASTIANO), Pesaro, 1670 to 1686.
    6. SACQUIN, ——, Paris, b. about 1811, d. 1860.
    7. SAINPRAE (SAINPRA), JAKOB, Berlin, 17th century.

Named in 2 books printed between 1884 and 1925. Read by software from scans of those pages, not yet checked by a person against the page. Entries from 2 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.

Know something about this maker? Tell us.

Details and sources

Record note

Printed in An encyclopedia of the violin (1925); An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1926); The violin: its famous makers and their imitators (1884), and nowhere else on this site: that is the entire basis of this maker’s record. Entries from 2 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
RUPPERT, FRANZ, Erfurt, 1800 to 1809. reported1
Places and dates of work
RUPPERT, FRANZ, Erfurt, 1800 to 1809. reported1
Places and dates of work
RUPPERT, Franz, Erfurt, 18th century. reported1

How the pages were read

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: “VIOLIN MAKERS IN EUROPE”, “GERMAN MAKERS.”.

Notes

  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. ↩

The books behind this record

This record draws on 2 sources, both read from machine text. The count weighs how well each source was read, not just how many are cited. A stack of half-read sources does not outweigh one page read properly.

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

    scan page 62, line 23

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

    scan page 64, line 45

  3. Hart, George, 1839-1891, The violin: its famous makers and their imitators (London, Dulau and co. [etc.], 1884). archive.org, violinitsfamousm84hart. https://archive.org/details/violinitsfamousm84hart.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

    scan page 335, line 8