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An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925

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1SCHWARTZ, GEORG FRIEDRICH, Strassburg, b. 1785, d. 1849.
2SCHWARTZ, THEOPHIL WILHELM I, Strassburg, b. 1797, d. 1861.
3SCHWEITZER, JOHANN BAPTIST, Budapest, b. Vienna, about 1790.
4SELLAS, MATTEO, Venice, 1600 to 1639.
5SENI, FRANCESCO, Florence, 1634.
6SENTA, FELICIO (or FABRIZIO), Turin, beginning of 18th century.
7SERAPHINO, SANTO, Udine, Venice, 1678 to 1737. According to his own statement, Seraphino was a pupil of Nicolas Amati. In 1710 he was in Venice and became indisputably one of the best Venetian violin makers. In painstaking care as to detail, his work is only surpassed by that of Stradivarius. His varnish is red or yellowish brown, and only wood of the finest quality used. The tone is wonderfully clear and even, and it is not surprising that his violins bring a high price. A beautiful instrument of his is with Theodore Hammerle of Vienna. The label used by Seraphino is reproduced on Plate 8.
8SHAW, JOHN, London, 1655 to 1698.
9SICILIANO (CICILIANO), ANTONIO, Venice, 1630 to 1660.
10SICILIANO, GIOACCHINO, Venice, 1670 to 1680.
11SILVESTRE, HIPP C., vide Chretien.
12SILVESTRE, HIPPOLYTE, Lyon, b. 1808, d. 1879.
13SILVESTRE, PIERRE, Lyon, b. 1801, d. 1859. A pupil of Blaise in Mirecourt. As apprentice he worked with Lupot and Grand (père) and finished his artistic education with them. In 1829 he opened his own shop and conducted the business in partnership with his brother Hippolyte, who stayed with him until 1848. He was a trained master and worked with the Stradivarius model. After his death the business was conducted by his brother Hippolyte. The label used by Silvestre is reproduced on Plate 15.
14SIMON, CLAUDE, Paris, 1783 to 1800.
15SIMONIN, CHARLES, Genf, Toulouse, b. about 1815 in Mirecourt, still living in 1875.
16SIMPSON, JOHN, London, 1785 to 1794.
17SMITH, HENRY, London, 1629 to 1633.
18SMITH, THOMAS, London, 1750 to 1799.
19SMITH, WILLIAM, London, Hedon (Yorkshire), 1770 to 1786.
20SNEIDER, JOSEPH, Pavia, 1701 to 1718.
21SNOECK (SCHNOECK), EGIDIUS, Brussels, 1700 to 1730.
22SOCCHI, VINCENZO, Bologna, 1661.
23SOCQUET, LOUIS, Paris, 1750, 1800.
24SOLIANI, ANGELO, Modena, b. 1752, still living in 1810.
25SOMER, NICOLAS, Paris, 1725, d. 1776.
26SORSANA, SPIRITO, Coni, 1714 to 1736.
27STADLMANN, DANIEL ACHATIUS, Vienna, b. about 1680, d. 1744. One of the ablest violin makers in Vienna, and the best imitator of Stainer. His wood is of excellent quality and the varnish yellow. As he was a hard worker and very industrious, his violins can be found in many collections.
28STADLMANN, JOHANN JOSEPH, Vienna, b. 1720, d. 1781.
29STAINER, ANDREAS, Absam, 1660 to 1690.
30STAINER, JACOB, Absam (Tirol), b. Absam, 1621, d. 1683. Son of Martin Stainer and the greatest master of the German school of violin makers who had as his only equals Amati and Stradivarius. It was never known whose pupil he was, but it is certain that he first went to work for the great organ builder Herz. It was Stainer who discovered the secret of the Italian varnish and made excellent use of his knowledge. Besides being a great violin maker, he was also a celebrated performer. His violins were first offered for sale in 1639. In 1645 he went to Venice and from there to Kirchdorf in Austria, where he stayed until 1648. There was hardly an instrument used in his time that was not of his make. The best Stainers are now to be found in England, and nearly all other violins claimed as his are not genuine. Some of the places where genuine Stainer specimens can be found are The Society of Music Lovers in Vienna, the museum of the Paris Conservatory of Music, the Imperial Collection of Musical Instruments in Berlin, and the Lobkowitch Collection in the castle Roudnic in Bohemia. Three of Stainer's finest violins are in the possession of Theodore Hammerle in Vienna. In 1898 a beautiful monument was erected to his memory in his birthplace at Absam in the Tyrol. The label used by Stainer is reproduced on Plate 17, and one of his instruments on Plate 18.
31STAINER, MARCUS, Absam, Kufstein, Laufen, b. about 1619, d. after 1680. Marcus

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