Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

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A treatise on the structure and preservation of the violin and all other bow-instruments; together with an account of the most celebrated makers, and of the genuine characteristics of their instruments;, 1860

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1made good violins, which, from about 1725 to 1740, bear his name; other productions, achieved in conjunction with his brother Omobono, bear the inscription "Sotto la disciplina d'A. Stradivarius, Cremona."
3Omobono Stradivarius occupied himself more particularly with the repair and fitting up of instruments, than with their manufacture. He died in the beginning of June, 1742, and was buried on the 9th. His brother Francis only survived him eleven months, as he was interred on the 13th of May, 1743. Both rest in the same tomb with their father.
5The other immediate pupils of Stradivarius are:—
6Michael Angelo Bergonzi, of Cremona; Laurence Guadagnini, of Cremona; Francis Gobetti, of Venice; Alexander Galiano*, of Naples. They are ranged in the following chronological order, according to their productions:—
81st. Franciscus Gobettus, Venetiis. …… 1690 to 1720
92nd. Alexander Galianus, Neapoli……… 1695 to 1725
103rd. Lorenzo Guadagnini, Cremonæ …. 1695 to 1740
114th. Homobonus Stradivarius } sub disciplina } 1700 to
125th. Franciscus Stradivarius } A. Stradivarii } 1725
136th. Homobonus Stradivarius, Cremonæ. 1725 to 1740
147th. Franciscus Stradivarius, Cremonæ… 1725 to 1730
158th. Carlo Bergonzi, Cremonæ…………. 1720 to 1750
169th. Michael Angelo Bergonzi, Cremonæ 1725 to 1750
18Of the Italian violin makers of the third rank, some have been raised in the Amati school, and others have
20* This name is usually written Gagliano.—Tr.

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