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An encyclopedia of the violin

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1VIOLIN MAKERS IN EUROPE
3PECCENINI, ALESSANDRO, Bologna, 1581 to 1595.
4PEDRAZZI, FRA PIETRO, Bologna, 1784.
5PEDRINELLI, ANTONIO, Crespano, 1781 to 1854.
6PEMBERTON, EDWARD, London, 1660.
7PERRY, THOMAS, Dublin, 1767 to 1830. A very industrious violin maker who was for a while connected with William Wilkinson. His violins are of good wood and have a fine tone. A reproduction of one of his instruments will be found on Plate 21.
8PERTON, ——, Paris, 1757.
9PFRETSCHNER, CARL FRIEDRICH I, b. 1743, d. 1798.
10PFRETSCHNER, CARL GOTTL, b. 1807, d. 1863.
11PIERRAY, CLAUDE, Paris, 1698 to 1726. One of the best representatives of the Paris school. His violins are made in small and large patterns, and are generally varnished light red or yellow which time has turned very dark. The tone is brilliant and very powerful. Authorities are agreed that Claude Pierray's violins compare favorably with Cremonese instruments. There are a great many of his violins still to be obtained.
12PIETE, NOËL, Paris, b. about 1760, still living in 1810.
13PILLEMENT (PILLEMENTI), FRANÇOIS, Mirecourt, 1774 to 1830.
14PILOSIO (PELOSIO), FRANCESCO, Gorz, b. 1754, d. after 1778.
15PIQUE, FRANÇOIS-LOUIS, Paris, b. Roret, 1758, d. Charenton Saint-Maurice, 1822.
16PIROT, CLAUDE, Paris, 1795 to 1833.
17PITET, ——, Paris, second half of 17th century.
18PIZZURNO, DAVIDE, Genoa, 1760 to 1763.
19PLACHT, FRANZ I, 1760 to 1788.
20PLANI, AGOSTINO DE, Genoa, 1750 to 1778.
21PLATNER, MICHAEL, Rome, 1735 to 1750.
22PLUMEREL, JEAN, Mirecourt, 1727 to 1751.
23POLIS, LUCA DE, Cremona, 1751.
24PONS, CESAR, Grenoble, 1750 to 1808.
25PONS, ——, Paris, 1788 to 1800.
26POWELL, THOMAS I, London, 1780 to 1808.
27PRESSENDA, GIANFRANCESCO, Alba, Carmagnola, later Turin, b. Sequio Berra or Turin, 1777, d. 1854. Son of Raffaelo Pressenda, a traveling musician who gave lessons in violin playing. Gianfrancesco was a pupil of Lorenzo Storioni. In 1814 he came to Alba and there settled down as a violin maker. He is one of the few violin makers of the nineteenth century whose work is much imitated at the present time. One of his violins, made in the year 1814, was in the possession of Waldemar Meyer. The label used by Pressenda is reproduced on Plate 5, and one of his instruments on Plate 10.
28PRESTON, JOHN, York, 1789.
29PREVOT (PREVOST), P. CHARLES, Paris, 1775 to 1788.
30QUINOT, JACQUES, Paris, 1670 to 1680.
31RAILICH, GIOVANNI (ZUANE), Padua, 1672 to 1678.
32RAMBAUX, CLAUDE-VICTOR, Paris, b. Darney, 1806, d. Mirecourt, 1871.
33RANTA, Pietro, Brescia, 1733.
34RASURA, VINCENZO, Lugo, 1785.
35RAUCH, SEBASTIAN, Breslau, 1730 to 1779.
36RAUT, JEAN, Rennes, b. 1719, d. 1791.
37RAWLINS, HENRY, London, 1775 to 1781.
38RAYMANN (RAYMAN), JAKOB, London, 1620 to 1657. A maker who copied the Stainer model, and is looked upon as the father of English violin making. The label used by Raymann is reproduced on Plate 20.
39RECHARDINI, ZUANE, Venice, 1605 to 1609.
40REICHEL (REICHELT), JOHANN CONRAD I, b. about 1715, d. 1762.
41REICHEL, JOHANN GOTTFRIED II, b. 1759, d. 1819.
42REMY, JEAN-MATHURIN, Paris, b. in Paris 1770, d. 1854.
43REMY, JULES, Paris, b. 1813, d. 1876.
44REMY, MATHURIN-FRANÇOIS, Paris, 1760 to 1800.
45REMMY (REMY), ——, London, 1840.
46RENAUDIN, LEOPOLD, Gent, Paris, b. Mirecourt, 1756, d. 1795.
47RENAULT (REGNAULT, REGNAUT), JACQUES, Paris, 1666 to 1684.
48RENAULT ET CHATELAIN, Paris, 1772 to 1811.
49RENAULT, NICOLAS, Nancy, Paris, end of 16th and beginning of 17th century.
50REYNAUD, ANDRE, Tarascon, 1755 to 1766.
51RICHARD, ROBERT, Paris, 1756.
52RICHARDS, EDWIN, London, b. 1859, d. 1894.
53RICOLAZI, LUDOVICO, Cremona, 1729.
54RIECHERS, AUGUST, Hannover, Berlin, b. Hannover, 1836, d. Berlin, 1893.
55RIESS, ANDREAS, Bamberg, b. about 1720, d. 1777.
56RINALDI, GIOFFREDO BENEDETTO, Turin, 1850, d. 1888.

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