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An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925

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1is said to have paid the enormous sum of $60,000 for it. The label used by Stradivarius is reproduced on Plate 5, and some of his instruments on Plates 7, 9 and 13.
3STRADIVARIUS, FRANCESCO, Cremona, b. 1671, d. 1743.
5STRADIVARIUS, OMOBONO, Cremona, b. 1679, d. 1742.
7STRAUB, JOHANNES, Rothenbach, b. about 1760, d. 1847.
9STRAUBE, JOHANN AUGUSTIN, Berlin, b. 1725, d. 1802.
11STRAUSS, JOSEPH, Neustadt, 1750 to 1775.
13STRNAD, CASPAR, Prague, b. 1752, d. 1823.
15STRONG, JOHN, Somerset, about 1640.
17SULOT, NICOLAS, Dijon, 1829 to 1839.
19TACHINARDI, ——, Cremona, 1690.
21TANEGIA, CARLO ANTONIO, Milan, 1725 to 1731.
23TANINGARD, GIO. GIORGIO, Rome, 1735 to 1750.
25TASSINI, BARTOLOMMEO, Venice, 1740 to 1756.
27TAYLOR, WILLIAM, London, b. 1750, still living in 1820.
29TECHLER (TEKLER), DAVID, Salzburg, Venice, Rome, b. 1666, d. after 1743. His name appears to have been written in various spellings of which the above are most frequently found. His violins are made after the Stainer model. In 1705 he went to Rome and there performed his greatest achievements. He is the most important violin maker of Rome, well-known for his clean-cut work and the fullness of tone imparted to his instrument. Tecchler always selected a large model, used wonderful wood and rich varnish of a yellow red color. A reproduction of one of his instruments will be found on Plate 14.
31TEODITI, GIOVANNI, Rome, 17th century.
33TERMANINI, PIETRO, Modena, 1755 to 1773.
35TESTORE, CARLO ANTONIO, Milan, b. about 1688, still living in 1764. Son and scholar of Carlo G. Testore. He worked on the models of Amati, Guerneri and Stradivarius, used good wood and a gold-yellow varnish, making only large violins. In his last years he worked together with his son Giovanni. The label used by Testore is reproduced on Plate 5, and one of his instruments on Plate 12.
37TESTORE, CARLO GIUSEPPE, Milan, b. in Novara about 1660, d. 1710. A pupil of Giovanni Grancino, and probably Cappas. He was the most important artisan of his family, but only a few of his violins are in existence, either because he did not make many, or they are buried under the labels of Grancino or Cappas. The label used by Testore is reproduced on Plate 5, and one of his instruments on Plate 13.
39TESTORE, PAOLO ANTONIO, Milan, b. about 1690, d. after 1760.
41THERESS (THERESE), CHARLES, London, 1840 to 1850.
43THIBOUT, GABRIEL-ADOLPHE, Paris, b. 1804, d. 1858.
45THIBOUT, JACQUES-PIERRE, Paris, b. 1779, d. 1856.
47THIERIROT, PRUDENT, Paris, 1772 to 1775.
49THIR (THIER), JOHANN GEORG, Vienna, 1738, d. after 1781.
51THOMASSIN, LOUIS, Paris, b. Mirecourt, 1855.
53THOMPSON, PETER, London, 1794.
55THOROWGOOD, HENRY, London, 18th century.
57TIEFFENBRUCKER, GASPAR, Lyon, b. 1514, d. 1570 or 1571. A lute maker who made instruments of great beauty. Vuillaume made wonderful imitations of these instruments.
59TIEFFENBRUCKER, LEONHARD I, Padua, 16th century.
61TIEFFENBRUCKER, MAGNUS, Venice, 1557 to 1621.
63TIEFFENBRUCKER, ULRICH (ULDRICH), Venice, Bologna, 1521.
65TIELKE, JOACHIM, Hamburg, b. 1641, d. Hamburg, 1719. The label used by Tielke is reproduced on Plate 17.
67TIELKE, JOHANN, Hamburg, 1635.
69TILLEY, THOMAS, London, 1774.
71TIPHANON (THIPANON), JEAN-FRANÇOIS, Paris, 1775 to 1800.
73TIRLER, CARLO, Bologna, 17th century.
75TOBIN, ——, London, 1844.
77TOBIN, RICHARD, London, 1790, d. Shoreditch, about 1836.
79TODINI, MICHELE, Rome, b. Saluzzo, 1625, d. 1676.
81TOLBECQUE, AUGUSTE, Paris, Niort, b. Paris, 1830.
83TONONI, CARLO, Bologna, 1689 to 1717.
85TONONI, CARLO (ANTONIO), Venice, 1721 to 1768.
87TONONI, FELICE, Bologna, 1670 to 1710.
89TONONI, GIOVANNI, Bologna, 1689 to 1740.
91TONONI, GUIDO, Bologna and Rome, 1690 to 1760.

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