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A dictionary of violin makers
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1of his, of good workmanship, with yellow-brown varnish. He made at the sign of "Au Roi des Instruments."
2Hulinski. Worked in Prague in 1760; his instruments were well made, with small sound-holes and gracefully cut scroll, the varnish red-brown colour.
3Huller, August, A maker in Shoeneck about 1735-76.
4Hulskamp, G. H., b. in Westphalia. Settled in New York, U.S.A. In the 1862 London Exhibition he exhibited violins made on a new pattern. Instead of the ordinary sound-holes, was one round hole in the middle of the violin, just below where the bow sets the strings in motion; other innovations were also made, but the result seems to have been that the tone suffered in quality.
5Hume (or Home), Richard. Born in England, but settled in Edinburgh and became the great viol and lute maker there, about 1530-35. In the Scottish Treasurer's accounts in 1535 is "Item to the Kingis Grace to Richard Hume, Inglismanne, quhilk suld mak violis to the Kingis Grace, to by stuffe for the samin xx lib."
6Hume!, Christian. A maker in Nuremberg in 1709.
7Hunger, Christoph Friedrich, b. 1718, Dresden; d. 1787, Leipzig. Pupil of Jauch in Dresden. He made very good violins, violas, and violoncellos on the Italian pattern; the wood was of excellent quality, the varnish amber-coloured; his instruments are some of the best of that time.
8Hurel, Jean. A maker in Paris, living in [address hidden], at the sign of "A l'image de St.-Pierre"; from 1689 to [address hidden], near the Fontaine Maubué. He was maker of instruments "pour la musique du Roy," and is said to have been a very clever workman. A Charles Hurel is also mentioned as being a maker of musical instruments in Paris in 1636.
9Husson. See "Buthod."
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13Indelami, Matteo. A name found in a very old mandora, with no mention of town or date.
15Ivrontigni, Wougelli. A maker in Turin.
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19Jacobi. A maker of lutes at Meissen, Saxony, in the first part of the 18th century. His instruments were much liked.
20Jacobs, Hendrik. A maker in Amsterdam about 1690-1740. He made a great number of good violins, altos, and violoncellos; he copied the large pattern of Nicola Amati so faithfully that his violins are often taken for genuine Italian instruments; the wood is carefully chosen; the red-brown varnish of good quality; the scroll and the sound-holes are not very well cut; the purfling is of whalebone; the tone sweet, but not very powerful.
21Jacobs. Worked at Amsterdam rather later than Hendrik Jacobs; was probably his son. He used dark red varnish of very good quality; his work was not carefully finished.
22Jacot, A., eldest son of Jean Charles Jacot. Is working in Paris.
23Jacot, Jean Charles. A maker at Metz, b. 1811; d., about 1887, at Pont-à-Mousson. Had two sons, the elder a maker, the second, Lucien, a bassoon player.
24Jacquot (Jacquart), Charles, b. 1804 at Mirecourt; d. March 29, 1880, at St. Maur-les-Fossés near Paris. Although his father was not a maker, but an army tailor, he was descended from a family of makers, who dated back to one Charles Jacquot, who lived in 1645. In 1819 he was apprenticed to Nicolas, sen., later to Breton, both of them makers in Mirecourt. He went to Nancy, 1823, and worked there till 1827, when he started his own business there; in 1854 he transferred it to his son Pierre Charles, and went to Paris. There he started another workshop in rue des Vieux-Augustins, moving to 42, rue de l'Echiquier in 1857. His work is very good; the violins that he made in Paris are especially esteemed for their careful finish and regularity of
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