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Trapani, Raffaele

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  1. A dictionary of violin makers (1896)

    Trapani, Raffaele. A maker in Naples about 1810. His workmanship is good and original in character; his violins are on a large pattern, with …

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    2. Tourte, Xaver (l'aîné), eldest son of Tourte père. Worked with him for some time and finally succeeded to his business. Although inferior to his father as a workman, he made some excellent bows. It is said that he was in partnership with François, the latter making the sticks and Xaver the nuts and fittings; but they quarrelled and separated, each one continuing to work alone. Xaver reproduced as much as possible the improvements made by his brother in the bow.
    4. Trapani, Raffaele. A maker in Naples about 1810. His workmanship is good and original in character; his violins are on a large pattern, with prominent edges, and heavy purfling; the scroll is heavy and of the Brescian type; the varnish is rather thick and of a red-brown colour. Label: "Raffaele Trapani, Napoli, No. —."
    6. Trévillot, Claude. A maker in Mirecourt about 1698.

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

    Trapani, Raffaele. A maker in Naples about 1810. His workmanship is good and original in character; his violins are on a large pattern, with …

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    2. Tourte, Xaver (l'aîné), eldest son of Tourte père. Worked with him for some time and finally succeeded to his business. Although inferior to his father as a workman, he made some excellent bows. It is said that he was in partnership with François, the latter making the sticks and Xaver the nuts and fittings; but they quarrelled and separated, each one continuing to work alone. Xaver reproduced as much as possible the improvements made by his brother in the bow.
    4. Trapani, Raffaele. A maker in Naples about 1810. His workmanship is good and original in character; his violins are on a large pattern, with prominent edges, and heavy purfling; the scroll is heavy and of the Brescian type; the varnish is rather thick and of a red-brown colour. Label: "Raffaele Trapani, Napoli, No. —."
    6. Trévillot, Claude. A maker in Mirecourt about 1698.

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Trapani, Raffaele. A maker in Naples about 1810. His workmanship is good and original in character; his violins are on a large pattern, with … reported1
Places and dates of work
Trapani, Raffaele. A maker in Naples about 1810. His workmanship is good and original in character; his violins are on a large pattern, with … reported1
Places and dates of work
Trapani, Raffaele. A maker in Naples about 1810. His workmanship is good and original in character; his violins are on a large pattern, with … 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. 1 of them rests on a section heading above a list of names, not on a trade word printed on its own line: “A DICTIONARY OF 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. ↩

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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