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A descriptive catalogue of the musical instruments in the South Kensington museum, preceded by an essay on the history of musical instruments, 1874
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1Furthermore, the Welsh crwth was represented by a specimen lent by Mr. C. Wynne Finch.
3We now proceed to those instruments played with a bow which are at the present day in practical use. They must be seen and heard to be properly appreciated. However, a notice of such as most deserved the attention of the visitors will assist the reader in forming a correct opinion of the excellence of a collection comprising a large number of violins, violas, and violoncellos of famous Italian makers.
5Violins.
7A Gaspard Duiffoprugcar, 1512, lent by Signor Francalucci; there may be a doubt whether this violin is really of the maker to whom it is assigned, but it certainly is an excellent instrument of the earliest period.
9A Nicholas Amati, lent by M. Gallay, of Paris; a very fine violin.
11An Antonius and Hieronymus Amati, 1628, lent by Mr. C. J. Read, Salisbury; large pattern, amber varnish; a fine specimen.
13An Antonius Stradiuarius, 1734, lent by Mr. W. A. Tyffen Amhurst, Didlington Hall, Norfolk.
15A Stradiuarius, about 1690, lent by M. Georges Chanot, London.
17A Stradiuarius, 1723, lent by H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge; purchased by H.R.H. the late Duke of Cambridge from Count Platen, of Hanover, who had bought it from Stradiuarius; grand pattern.
19A Stradiuarius, 1732, lent by Mr. John H. Arkwright, Hampton Court, Leominster; a specimen of the grand pattern; purchased from Signor Piatti for 200l.; from the Castelbani collection in Naples.
21A Stradiuarius, 1686, lent by the Rev. Henry Cooper Key, Stretton Rectory, Hereford; resembling the Amati model.
23A Stradiuarius, 1725, lent by M. Eugene Lecomte, Paris; grand pattern; remarkably fine.
25A Stradiuarius, 1712, lent by Mr. Andrew Fountaine, Merton Hall, near Norwich. This small violin, made for a child's use, is a very characteristic specimen of the maker's best period.
27A Stradiuarius, 1709, named "La Pucelle," the property of M. Glandaz, lent through M. Vuillaume, of Paris; a very fine instrument; splendid varnish.
29A Stradiuarius, 1716, named "Le Messie," lent by M. Vuillaume. This beautiful violin, of its maker's best period, is in an admirably well-preserved condition. Its owner, M. Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, the celebrated violin maker, points out that it has scarcely been played upon at all, and that it is in precisely the same condition in which it passed from the hands of Antonius Stradiuarius, more than a century and a half ago. He adds that the excellent quality of sound of this
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