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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, 1875
36 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 66. See the scan on archive.org.
1of Naples. They are ranged in the following chronological order, according to their productions:—
31st. Franciscus Gobettus, Venetiis ………. 1690 to 1720
42nd. Alexander Galianus, Neapoli …………. 1695 to 1725
53rd. Lorenzo Guadagnini, Cremonæ ………. 1695 to 1740
64th. Homobonus Stradivarius { sub disciplina } 1700 to
75th. Franciscus Stradivarius { A. Stradivarii } 1725
86th. Homobonus Stradivarius, Cremonæ …… 1725 to 1740
97th. Franciscus Stradivarius, Cremonæ…….1725 to 1730*
108th. Carlo Bergonzi, Cremonæ ……………. 1720 to 1750
119th. Michael Angelo Bergonzi, Cremonæ …… 1725 to 1750
13Of the Italian violin makers of the third rank, some have been raised in the Amati school, and others have been formed by the immediate pupils of Ant. Stradivari. They may be ranged in the following chronological order:—
15Pietro della Costa, of Trevisa………………… 1660 to 1680
16Michael Angelo Garani, of Bologna …………. 1685 to 1715
17David Techler, of Rome………………………. 1690 to 1735
18Carlo Giuseppe Testore, of Milan …………… 1690 to 1700
19Carlo Antonio Testore, of Milan …………….. 1700 to 1730
20Paolo Antonio Testore, of Milan ……………. 1710 to 1745 one of two readings
21Paolo Antonio Testore, of Milan ……………… 1710 to 1745 one of two readings
22Nicolo Galiano, of Naples ………………….. 1700 to 1740
23Gennaro Galiano, of Naples ………………… 1710 to 1750 one of two readings
24Gennaro Galiano, of Naples …………………. 1710 to 1750 one of two readings
25Spiritus Sursano, of Coni (Cuneo)………….. 1714 to 1720
26Tomaso Balestiere, of Mantua ………………. 1720 to 1750 one of two readings
27Tomaso Balestiere, of Mantua ……………….. 1720 to 1750 one of two readings
28Ferdinando Galiano, son of Nicolo, of Naples 1740 to 1780
29Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, of Piacenza … 1755 to 1785
30Carlo Landolfi, of Milan ……………………. 1750 to 1760
31Alessandro Zanti, of Mantua ……………….. 1770 one of two readings
32Alessandro Zanti, of Mantua ………………… 1770 one of two readings
33Laurentius Sturionus (Storioni), of Cremona 1780 to 1795
35* This seems to be a typographical error. It should evidently be 1740, from what is stated at p. 67.—Tr.
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