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A dictionary of violin makers

Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937. London: Novello, n.d.

On archive.org as dictionaryofviol00stai.

68 pages read (scans 7 to 108)1,059 names found511 makers on this site cite it

Towns it names most

Paris79
London42
Florence19
Mirecourt18
Cremona17
Vienna15
Bologna14
Naples12
Rome12
Venice12
Milan11
Brescia9

Pages

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7 PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION. Read
8 WORKS REFERRED TO OR QUOTED. Read
9 Hill. Gio: Paolo Maggini: his life and w… Read
11 A DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS. Read
12 about 1650-80. Is said to have been a pu… Read
13 with a slight tinge of yellow, a colour… Read
14 1703-23 were supposed to have been made… Read
15 Antonio, Bononiensis (of Bologna). A vio… Read
16 Padova, 1786." This work touched less on… Read
17 father at Salisbury, probably 1770-80, t… Read
18 8 Baud. A maker at Versailles. A violin of… Read
19 9 modern requirements, so that in their or… Read
20 10 Bertolotti, De. See Gasparo da Salò. Read
21 11 work and have a fine oil varnish. Pietro… Read
22 12 Bourdet, Jacques. A maker in Paris 1751-… Read
33 23 Strand, London, about 1750-90. His instr… Read
34 24 violin bow maker in the Blue Bell Alley,… Read
35 25 his celebrated portrait of him, in which… Read
36 26 Duncan. Working in Aberdeen in 1762. Read
37 27 Eulry-Clément. A maker in Mirecourt at t… Read
38 28 Fendt, Francis, fourth son of Bernhard F… Read
39 29 Lived 1735-80. Work fairly good; he used… Read
40 30 Fontanelli, Giovanni Giuseppe. A celebra… Read
41 31 label were added in manuscript the numbe… Read
42 32 pattern, the only one known, is dated ru… Read
43 33 many instruments, and is said to have be… Read
44 34 Musique," and later, "de la chapelle de… Read
45 35 ordinary size, but having five strings.… Read
46 36 said to have been dated 1613; it had bea… Read
47 37 Hansen Gerle, Lautenmacher zu Nürnberg v… Read
51 41 labels are dated 1742 and 1743. His son,… Read
52 42 early imitations, which are well made, a… Read
53 43 brilliant reddish varnish is of excellen… Read
54 44 Guerrero, Juan. Working in Malaga in the… Read
55 45 Hardanger. For instruments made by the H… Read
56 46 gold medal, Antwerp, 1885; gold medal, L… Read
57 47 to Paris, living in the rue Fléchier til… Read
63 53 Klotz, Sebastian, a brother of Joseph an… Read
64 54 b. 1760, at Nancy; d. 1832, at Paris. In… Read
65 55 Salò and Maggini; his instruments were w… Read
66 56 Lecomte (or Fouquet-Lecomte), Antoine. W… Read
67 57 tion with the Abbaye Saint-Germain, thus… Read
68 58 d. 1824; made fairly good instruments; u… Read
69 59 a number of instruments on rather a broa… Read
70 60 making the violins and violoncellos give… Read
71 61 also a very fine violin, which though do… Read
79 69 d. July 2, 1857, Jena. From 1818 worked… Read
80 70 in Hanover and Berlin under Aug. Riecher… Read
81 71 à Paris, 1730"; a similar label is dated… Read
85 75 Racceris. A maker in Mantua in 1670. His… Read
86 76 with small sound-holes; the scroll also… Read
92 82 also made new ones, using the label: "Sc… Read
93 83 Simoutre, Nicolas, b. 1788, at Mirecourt… Read
94 84 inscription in a little pocket violin in… Read
95 85 he paid part of it, the debt seemed to g… Read
96 86 depreciated, are now steadily increasing… Read
97 87 to be dated 1736, and to be inscribed "a… Read
98 88 which still have the original neck; they… Read
99 89 for £3,200! This same firm of violin mak… Read
100 90 disciplinâ Stradiuarii," in very small t… Read
101 91 Tachinardi. A maker in Cremona in 1690. Read
102 92 arched; the varnish is dry and of a brow… Read
103 93 Thir, Johann Georg. Was working in Vienn… Read
104 94 deal of work for John Betts. He was an e… Read
105 95 difficulty of bow makers. He was able to… Read
106 96 Ugar, Crescenzi. A maker in Rome in 1790… Read
107 97 Viard, Nicolas. Was working in Versaille… Read
108 98 was the celebrated Abbé Georg Joseph Vog… Read

Makers from this book

511, A to Z.